[Serpiko]

While surfing around, I found this picture of a crashed 109, and I took quite some time to figure out HOW could this plane end up damaged in such a way.

Since there's a droptank on the centerline, it looks more like a takeoff accident rather than a landing one. The engine is almost ripped off, so is the tail, which is even twisted upside-down. This kind of damage typically happens when a plane noses over and cartwheels, but in this case the nose shows relatively little damage on the spinner, while prop plades only have their tips bent. Then, gear legs are almost intact, meaning that the accident wasn't caused by a heavy landing or takeoff stall.

So my guess is that this plane suffered an engine failure while speeding up for takeoff. The pilot, trying to stop the plane before the end of the strip, pushed the brakes too much and nosed over, while the propeller was already stuck (hence the little damage on the blades).

What do you think about that?