Atlas Air 767 down/Texas

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Originally Posted by DaveReidUK

Are you saying that control column deflection was in fact an FDR parameter for the accident flight?

Originally Posted by tdracer

Short answer is I don't know for sure, but I'd be surprised if it's not.

It looks like pitch control input was a required parameter on this 1992 model B-763:

§ 121.344 (d)(1):

(d) For all turbine-engine-powered transport category

airplanes that were manufactured after October 11, 1991 -

(1) The parameters listed in paragraph (a)(1) through (a)(34) of this section must be recorded within the ranges, accuracies, resolutions, and recording intervals specified in Appendix M of this part by August 20, 2001. Parameters listed in paragraphs (a)(12) through (a)(14) each may be recorded from a single source.
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§ 121.344 (a)(12):

(12) Pitch control input;

https://www.law.cornell.edu/cfr/text/14/121.344