Originally Posted by Selfloading
But would this have been caused by entering "flare mode" on passing 50ft
That would be a logical possibility … but according to the BEA on page 14 Alpha Prot was active before 30 feet RA was passed, therefore Alpha Prot had priority and the flare mode that usually brings the attitude to minus 2 degrees position in 8 seconds when passing 30 feet could not have been activated.
But the question remains :
More than 4 seconds before the trees (Generated Time 331 sec) the pilot increased the pitch up request but the flight controls refused to follow the order limiting the attitude between 13 and 14 deg and the AoA between 14 and 15 deg when that one should have gone to 17.5 deg (Alpha Max) with a full back stick demand ?
Been reading this, found it interesting
The FI article is interesting as it gives an idea of the French accident report which has, to my knowledge, never been translated.
But Mr Learmount certainly does not try to question further and ask why the AoA never increased more than Alpha Prot ... ?