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Old 7th January 2012 | 08:18
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rudderrudderrat
 
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Hi bubbers44
Remember the DC10 at Chicago crash? Sometimes company procedures will kill you.
How often do you have V1 above VR?

Report of DC-10-10 AA Accident near O'Hare
"During the takeoff rotation, the left engine and pylon assembly [see fig. 16.1] and about 3 feet of the leading edge of the left wing separated from the aircraft"

I remember it very well. All was going OK at their initial climb out speed. The crew increased the rate of climb and reduced the speed towards V2. The left wing then stalled.

ASN Aircraft accident McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30CF EC-DEG Mlaga Airport (AGP)
"The airplane continued to accelerate through VR. As the captain tried to rotate by applying up elevator, the vibration was of such magnitude that he feared that the plane might become uncontrollable after takeoff. He decided to abort the takeoff. At that point, with a maximum speed attained of 184 kts, there was 1295 m (4,250 feet) of runway left. The captain retarded the throttles and tried to select reverse thrust. The nr. 3 throttle slipped from his hands, causing a power asymmetry. The airplane veered slightly to the left. The Dc-10 overshot the runway at a speed of 110 kts, colliding with an ILS building, causing engine number 3 to separate. The airplane went through a fence and crossed a highway were it damaged three vehicles. It then collided with a farming construction, causing three quarters of the right wing to break off, as well as the right horizontal stabilizer. The aircraft stopped 450 m (1,475 feet) past the end of runway 14. A fire erupted in the rear of the fuselage."

All because of nose wheel shimmy!

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