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Old 29th Jul 2011, 18:01
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Originally Posted by Lonewolf_50
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.Tarom, Orly 1994, ..
I doubt that aircraft developed a 10,000 fpm rate of descent. (And good thing, the pilots reacted promptly! Overcoming that 10,000 fpm from first unstalling, then getting knots on, then recovering with a nice firm pull without heading toward accelerated stall, since you are not in Normal Law ... how much altitude that takes is a question worth thinking through.
The Tarom guys were with their sticks full ND, during the ascent already, before the Stall, at 60 pitch, as they understood what they need to do, long before the Stall, they just could not stop the ascent. The problem was that the THS was full UP, in spite of elevators full DOWN. They were able to get the A/C back from a 60 degree pitch,....

All was needed was to change the pitch.... take that 10000ft/min descent rate from a NU, to a ND....

Easy to say....

Interestingly, the PF had a Glider Pilot License, since 2001.
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