Centurion hard landing

[gringo]

http://www.avherald.com/h?article=421928fc&opt=0

Oops.

Hope the crew makes it out without anyone losing their heads.

 

[satpak77]

man there has to be something quirky with the MD-11 on landing, how many professional crews have had hard landings now?

 

[freightdogfred]

There is. Higher gross weights, higher landing weights with a smaller elevator/stab make for reduced elevator authority at higher weights and aft CG's. Or so I've been told.