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Old 30th Jun 2003, 05:18
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Colonel Blink
 
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His steering???

Firstly I am not familiar with the type (or anything multi ), but
After they managed to get the aircraft back onto the runway the Captain said that his map had become caught in his steering during the landing and that had caused the aircraft to spin around.
Presumably he was using Rudder to maintain direction. Something like a clipboard could cause the rudder pedals to be unable to be depressed fully to compensate for any problems with uneven braking/power. But also could this not be prevented by using more brakes on the other side (differential braking, couldn't think earlier)?

Surely the tiller (if it has one) would not be used till all wheels are on the floor and V = a speed for this? A recent safety bulletin over here showed how a stainless steel ballpoint pen managed to become stuck in the controls of an Aerobat and it was fortunate that it became unstuck before control was lost (and that the pilot had aerobatic skills). Could be something as mundane as that.

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