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Old 11th Nov 2018, 10:24
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Gary Brown
 
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From the FAA EMERGENCY AIRWORTHINESS DIRECTIVE:

Runaway Stabilizer
In the event of an uncommanded horizontal stabilizer trim movement, combined with any of the following potential effects or indications resulting from an erroneous Angle of Attack (AOA) input, the flight crew must comply with the Runaway Stabilizer procedure in the Operating Procedures chapter of this manual....



But from the Boeing MCAS documentation quoted above:

MCAS is activated without pilot input and only operates in manual, flaps up flight. The system is designed to allow the flight crew to use column trim switch or stabilizer aislestand cutout switches to override MCAS input. The function is commanded by the Flight Control computer using input data from sensors and other airplane systems.

The MCAS function becomes active when the airplane Angle of Attack exceeds a threshold based on airspeed and altitude.

Some horrible confusion right there about what Commanded means or does not mean..... and Runaway too.
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