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Old 8th Jul 2015, 15:07
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Near crash, pilot error by a captain who tried to cover his footsteps in the aftermath, the souls onboard were saved by the quick thinking and strong arms of the FO, according to Avherald. The Norwegian AIBN still calls it an "incident", unwilling to label it as a serious incident.

Incident: Wideroe DH8A at Svolvaer on Dec 2nd 2010, aircraft rapidly descended on base turn, recovered at 25 meters AGL

On Jun 5th 2015 a source contacted The Aviation Herald indicating, that the aircraft had entered a full stall on a visual approach to Svolvaer's runway 19 with the captain being pilot flying. The aircraft was turning base when the airspeed sharply dropped and the stickshaker activated. The engines were accelerated to maximum power available, the pitch continued to increase until the aircraft entered full stall however and the captain basically froze. The first officer took control of the aircraft, pushed the nose down, managed to recover the aircraft from the stall and pulling +2.7G arrested the descent at 25 meters AGL. The aircraft subsequently diverted for a safe landing. Following the occurrence the captain provided a report about the occurrence to the safety department of the airline which prompted both engines to undergo checks for overtorque before the aircraft was returned to service. Our source said: "The captain drastically understated the severity of the situation. The AIBN cannot investigate what it does not know." The first officer left the company and joined another airline.
Now we're talking. Sounds like a scene almost identical to the Colgan Air crash (adverse weather conditions/icing, stall, captain pitches up)

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