(February 4, 2015 at 4:00 pm)JuliaL Wrote: The following speculation is based on nothing other than the dashboard video.
At the very beginning of the video the plane can be seen in a nose high but fairly wings level position over the buildings in the upper left corner.
As the video progresses, the plane rolls ~90 degrees left and slips into the bridge then into the river valley. Stall/spin accidents commonly occur when the pilot tries to stretch a glide by lifting the nose. What I saw was consistent with this pilot trying to land in the river, like Sullenberger on the Hudson, and held the nose too high too long, stalled and fell in.
It's my understanding that the left engine failed on takeoff. Trying to clear the bridge, as you described, the left wing would have stalled first, explaining the roll.
