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Old 9th Sep 2012, 09:39
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Lookleft
 
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What has Norfolk taught you?

As accident reports are meant to provide lessons on how to avoid a similar incident occuring again, what have ppruners learnt from this accident?
For me it confirms a few things such as:
  1. Always have a plan B
  2. Just because its the legal minimum doesn't mean its the maximum acceptable.
  3. Don't trust your employer to be covering your back.
  4. If the conditions aren't suitable for an approach-hold
  5. If a ditching is required tell someone where you are
  6. Know your aircraft and have rough rules of thumb to work out what fuel is required.
  7. Murphy and his book of rules are a constant companion
  8. Max landing weight+fuel burn(up to MTOW)-max zero is an acceptable flight planning equation
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