For all those of you who haven't seen this already in the airliners.net forums...http://mysite.verizon.net/vze6kuhd/MD-80.mpg Goes to show that those FDE designers (e.g. POSKY) who created FDEs that cause gear collapses when the maximum allowable descent rate is exceeded know what they are doing. Edit:I forgot to mention, this is footage from a 1980 MDC flight test with the first production MD80. Oonly seven crew on board, one of whom was standing and broke his ankle. Crew didn't know the tail fell off until they left the aircaft. The plane was fixed and flew again! Misha

Wow :-eek

Just amazing! :-eekAnd here's the following findings:http://amelia.db.erau.edu/reports/ntsb/aar/AAR82-02.pdfTGIF,

I bet that cost a pretty penny to fix :-eek

Man, that's incredible!And Mats, thanks for the link to the NTSB report, that was very interesting and educational. Boy it sure was long!

Don't think an Airbus could withstand that type of abuse... Just watching it makes me wonder how the bird survived it. I can only imagine the torment that would cause your back and neck upon impact. Bet the test pilot lost his job after that one. Kind of funny when you watch it though.Allan