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Old 5th Jan 2011, 13:52
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Melax
 
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The accident report of the December 1, 1974, crash of a NWA 727 in New York should be required reading for all of today's active crewmembers. They forgot to turn on the pitot heaters and when "the stuff hit the fan" they got fixated on the bad information to the exclusion of attitude instrument flying.
From ATERPSTER (Post # 4)
The accident report can be downloaded here: http://www.fss.aero/accident-reports...4-12-01-US.pdf

I had an eerie feeling when I looked up the crash site on GOOGLE Earth, there is still a large clear area...



Makes you more humble, there is absolutely no substitute for the basics.
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