Originally Posted by
tomgoodman
Years ago, an airliner mysteriously pitched up sharply after takeoff, went out of control, and crashed. The cause was eventually traced to the pilot's seat, which had broken loose and slid full aft.
The failure of the trim tab is pretty uniformly accepted by the on scene officials and witnesses. Further, the P51 seat moves up and down. The pedals move fore and aft.
I've never been in a single seat airplane where the seat moved fore and aft.