Originally Posted by
bafanguy
VinRouge,
Precisely. There was a case in KATL where an Eastern DC9 was dispatched with a thrust reverser inop which required MTC to perform some actions back near the engine to isolate the reverse mechanism from hydraulics (the details of that escape me at the moment). This had to have been in the late 1970s, early 1980s.
Well, the MTC action wasn't done correctly and the inop reverser came open at rotation on takeoff. The crew overcame the surprise and got the airplane into the air and back on the ground. It was a real feat of airmanship.
We tried it in the sim and found the only way to not lose control of the airplane was to snap the throttle to idle and shut off the fuel. It was still a handful even when we knew it was coming.
Those EAL guys really did a great job. I tried to find an article about it but couldn't.
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They did. I don’t remember if it was ATL or TPA. We then practiced it in the sim. But “barborpole”, EAL Capt on the 727-100, always popped the reversers in the flare at STX. Worked great. I did it once floating at DCA in a 200. Worked great. Not recommending it anymore.