Accident flight: The newly
delivered A320 was to perform
a charter flight on behalf of
the Mulhouse Flying Club. The
crew was to overfly
Mulhouse-Habsheim airport two
times (first at low speed,
gear down at 100ft and the
other at high speed in clean
configuration) as part of an
airshow. The aircraft took off
from Basle-Mulhou
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Accident flight: The newly
delivered A320 was to perform
a charter flight on behalf of
the Mulhouse Flying Club. The
crew was to overfly
Mulhouse-Habsheim airport two
times (first at low speed,
gear down at 100ft and the
other at high speed in clean
configuration) as part of an
airshow. The aircraft took off
from Basle-Mulhouse at 2:41pm
local time and climbed to 1000
feet. The crew started the
descent three minutes later
and Habsheim was in sight at
450ft agl. The first officer
informed the captain that the
aircraft was reaching 100ft at
14:45:14 ( 2:45PM). The
descent continued to 50ft 8
seconds later and further to
30-35ft. Go-around power was
added at 14.45:35 ( 2:45). The
A320 continued and touched
trees at the end of the runway
at 14:45:40 ( 2:45) with a
14° pitch attitude and an
engine speed of 83% N1. The
plane sank slowly into the
forest and a fire broke out.
Failure of the Captain to
maintain sufficient altitude
and airspeed for recovery
after a low approach to a
runway with obstacles near the
departure end. This view was
taken from the primary
spectator viewing area.

Note: I will use this and the
first video of Flight 296 in a
movie I like to call ' Air
France Airshow'. In the movie,
I'll show these two view along
with dozens of pictures. We'll
even tell a little bit about
the A320.

Category Autos & Vehicles

Tags Airbus, A320, plane, crash, aviation