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Old 30th May 2001, 14:11
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This was an Iberia A320 at BLV (Bilboa) the event occurred in early February. The aircraft remained at BLV for some weeks (may even still be there?) due to severe damage to the nose gear.

The crux of this matter is that the crew hit a massive updraft with wind shift below 200' and corrected with a comensurately large amount of forward control. Guess what comes next???

Having got a really good rate of descent going they should have expected the following downdraught. Due to the lack of altitude, full power a max AOA demand was insufficient to stop the aircraft executing a very hard 3-pointer.

The nose gear was written off and they evacuated on the runway.

Evidently Airbus Industrie have been asked to expand the max alpha envelope to accomodate pilots with slow reactions.

Perhaps if they had reacted to the warning signs in the first place & gone around this would not have happened.

Judging by some of the posts above I would say there is not much experience making comment here.

*** A superior pilot is one who uses his superior judgement to avoid situations which might require the use of his superior skill ***

If it balloons before the landing - you know what is coming next.............