Continental 737 Off Runway at DEN

[Diamond Bob]

Originally Posted by weekend_ppl

I was surprised to see three math errors (2 orders of magnitude each) in the fifth paragraph of http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...021/421357.pdf and repeated verbatim in Continental's report http://www.ntsb.gov/Dockets/Aviation...021/436811.pdf.

Also from that document is this tidbit which would seem to hint that the short length of the -500 compared to other aircraft was a factor in dealing with the crosswind:

When rudder pedal use during takeoff (15-3 seconds before takeoff) on the B-737-500 is compared to other B-737 variants, the mean plus 2 standard deviations was 2.56 degrees, and the maximum input out of 7,747 flights was 5.47 degrees. Rudder inputs were larger for the –500 than for the NG model 737s, with the NG models showing smaller rudder pedal inputs. The longest (-900) showed a mean + 2 standard deviations rudder input of 1.76 degrees and a max of 4.3. B-757 models showed still smaller rudder pedal inputs.