And now for something completely different.
I believe this may have been mentioned before but it is an interesting read.
It occured in 2007 a refers to a Boeing 737-3Q8 landing at Bournemouth and at a height of 2,500'.
The full report can be downloaded at
https://www.gov.uk/aaib-reports/aar-...september-2007
A brief summary includes:-
The Boeing 737-300 was on approach to Bournemouth Airport following a routine passenger flight from Faro, Portugal. Early in the ILS approach the auto-throttle disengaged with the thrust levers in the idle thrust position. The disengagement was neither commanded nor recognised by the crew and the thrust levers remained at idle throughout the approach.
Because the aircraft was fully configured for landing, the air speed decayed rapidly to a
value below that appropriate for the approach. The commander took control and initiated a go-around. During the go-around the aircraft pitched up excessively; flight crew attempts to reduce the aircraft’s pitch were largely ineffective. The aircraft reached a maximum pitch of 44º nose-up and the indicated airspeed reduced to 82 kt.
Apart from holding the control column fully forward, the flight crew made
no other pitch control actions throughout the 44º nose-up excursion until the
aircraft had stalled and the nose had dropped towards the horizon. At this
stage the thrust was reduced to go-around thrust. This thrust reduction allowed
sufficient control authority to recover the aircraft.