Originally Posted by
172_driver
Just some thoughts how it could've happened. I am still lost for words if this was an otherwise uneventful "departure".
- Different airspeed readings, followed by confusion. Should have come up in the story that's been told.
- Flaps not set?
- Glued to the runway to duck under birds and things went too far. Do birds even live in the desert?
- Trim mis set nose down. There was an odd procedure for a while on the 737 to trim full fwd for de-icing.
yes yes... I know checklist, procedures, take off config warning et al. should've stopped it. I am just speculating.
Think it's fairly well known at this stage that it is related to the altitude set in the MCP for the departure