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Old 4th Apr 2019, 19:11
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Originally Posted by neila83
How much would you have reduced power by, with unreliable airpeed, stick shaker going off, low altitude, while you've seemingly lost pitch control? Bearing in mind no reference value is provided in the handbook, and reducing power pushes the nose down?
Well, if I were the pilot, I would have set power to 75% N1. This is the reference value which is provided in the handbook, AKA the unreliable airspeed NNC, and it is a memory item that pilots are expected to execute without needing to reference the QRH. As a note, the QRH specifically states that stick shaker, overspeed warning, and airspeed low alerts may sound erroneously or simultaneously, and this situation is regularly practiced in the simulator.
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