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Old 25th Sep 2018, 21:33
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junior.VH-LFA
 
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As has been mentioned previously, it is a flight manual requirement for all three trims to be run through FULL deflection checking for free movement and lack of binding etc.

it is extremely conceivable that a distraction occurred resulting in a failure to reset the rudder trim during this check, it’s happened to me before too. The rudder is also the last of the three trims to be checked.

But I did (thankfully) pick up my error during the before take off checklist. So I do understand, especially on a busy morning, if you were under time pressure, fatigued, etc how this could happen. It is tragic, but I guess avoidable also.
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