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We all know that Duke's plane crashed during the movie, but I just want to clarify why did it crash? What kind of failure happened? Did it crash because of mechanical failure? Because of Human error? Or because of an outside cause; (such as bird strikes, heavy snowfall, powerful winds, updrafts, etc.) Because as I recall, before Duke took off, he cleaned out the ice on his plane, as a safety precaution so that his plane won't crash. So what happened? Why did it still crash?

Well,the reason why Duke's plane crashed is,because of mechanical failure,due to a heavy snowfall,updrafts,and powerful winds.

lol, it is a combination of evrything I wrote up there. XD Nice reason, but any specifics? Such as Rudder hard-over, the freezing of flight control systems, power failure, engine failure, fuel freezing, and such. Or any other opinion or explanation on how the plane crashed, and why Duke did not have a parachute, or almost not able to react to the incident? He could at least tried to jump out, or send a distress signal, etc.

This is a question, Bambi. They belong on the main site...

The plane probably crashed due to the engine freezing. Or the plane was building up too much ice weighing it down.

Okay, mighty. Ummm yeah... in those days, planes did not have de-icing systems. Which makes Duke's plane more likely to accumulate ice, especially in the wings.

Polly wanna cracker?

Nope Polly wants a cookie. XD

If you already knew the answer to your own question, then why in the world did you post it in the first place?

JC, those are just some explanations. What I really want to know is the real explanation, if anybody knows it. I want to gain a better insight about this, that is why I asked it.

This also raises more question, on why didn't Duke react? For example, he could have tried to jump out, left a flare, sent a distress signal or something. But why didn't he?

I highly doubt you're going to find a plane mechanic on this site.

Why is it so important anyways? It's just a cartoon.

Just out of curiosity.

Mechanical failure, and didn't the plane hit a tree or two as well?

Possibly........

I see nothing wrong with posting questions out of curiosity xD This is actually a decent topic for once.

I remember Duke got lost in the fog, and couldn't see where he was or where he was going. The plane went down and the camera faded to black, so none of us know exactly why it went down. The reasons posted make a lot of sense - combined with the fact that he couldn't see where he was going. The crash was so sudden that there wasn't much he COULD do.