Originally Posted by Oktas8
das uber soldat, and makeithappencaptain,
That aeroplane did not crash because the pilot went ten or twenty knots too fast in turbulence. If you have read the report behind it, perhaps you might tell us what led to the crash. (Exceeded Va by 10 or 20kts in moderate turbulence on an otherwise fine day? Ha ha.)
Alright mate, you've lost me. As someone with 500 hours on the shrike I took a special interest in that report. From its findings, TAS at the time of failure was 165 kts, which coincidently is exactly flight plan TAS so a credible figure.M
At 7000 ft 3 deg OAT, thats an IAS of 145 KIAS. Published Va for the shrike is 141 KIAS. The thing was 400 kg below MTOW so reduce that to 131 kts, making the a/c at best estimate, 14 KIAS over Va at the point of failure.
"That aeroplane did not crash because the pilot went ten or twenty knots too fast in turbulence." - The final report suggests this is exactly what happened.
So Yeh, you've lost me.