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Old 13th May 2009, 18:53
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AnthonyGA
 
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Here's a link to a YouTube copy of the NTSB video (not to worry—works of the U.S. government are not subject to copyright):

YouTube - Colgan Flight 3407 NTSB Animation

Can someone tell me what "Condition" is? Is that like prop pitch or something?

As a mere sim pilot, the thing that struck me as the most alarming was the drop in airspeed. Shouldn't a pilot be watching airspeed all the time? Once the airspeed droppped far enough, lots of bad things happened. If the pilots had observed and maintained airspeed, then the rest could have been avoided, right?
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