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Old 26th Dec 2007, 16:16
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PJ2
 
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The word has already been spread. This wing does not forgive even the slightest contaminant aboard. How many more accidents can it possibly take before pilots wake to this fact? Not saying that's what happened here, but the report plays like a broken record.
There have also been approach accidents (which didn't kill anyone) with this type. The wing is "hard", (for others, that means no leading-edge slats which bring the stall speed down and which sometimes render stall characteristics more gentle. FIRESYSOK is right -this hard-wing stalls swiftly - see the last report regarding the increase in Stall AOA with only slight contamination).

This thread may have some common elements with the Boston IB de-ice thread where the ethical and operational question was whether others should speak up or not regarding contaminated wings on another aircraft before its departure.

Montrose - NTSB PPT:
http://www.ntsb.gov/Events/2006/Mont...rose, Colorado



China Eastern CRJ200:
http://www.iasa.com.au/folders/Safet...J200crash.html


Birmingham Airport, GB:
http://www.aaib.dft.gov.uk/cms_resou...pdf_503172.pdf
FSF paper on Birmingham accident:
http://www.flightsafety.org/ap/ap_jan05.pdf


Fredericton Airport, New Brunswick, Canada:
http://www.tsb.gc.ca/en/reports/air/...1/a97h0011.asp

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