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Originally Posted by ///AMG  In the -45 we do an AOA / fuel load on-speed cross check as part of our landing x-list, and this accident is generally cited as the reason. |
All carrier planes do the cross check and they probably did in the T-2 back then. But when you roll into the groove and call the ball for the first time your bucket is pretty much maxed out. I'd guess when he did his cross check on downwind and on-speed everything looked ok. Now you find yourself looking at the back of the ship and are told to "work it on-speed" you're probably not going to cross check your airspeed. It never ceases to amaze me how fast things can go south in this business.