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Old 7th Nov 2018, 21:59
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kiwi grey
 
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Originally Posted by Concours77
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FAA:
This AD was prompted by analysis performed by the manufacturer showing that if an erroneously high single angle of attack (AOA) sensor input is received by the flight control system, there is a potential for repeated nose-down trim commands of the horizontal stabilizer.
So, if just one of the two AOA sensors is badly out of whack, the aircraft will repeatedly try to kill everyone on board?
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