Originally Posted by guadaMB
http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/5...ml#post9627745
not very understandable that a professional and experienced military pilot and his FO (supposedly also experienced and skilled enough to co-fly this bird) make a BAD CONFIGURATION FOR TAKE OFF in a Tu-154.
Asked if was a possibility the mentioned confusion of levers (flaps/gear), he doubted energically.
guadaMB, thanks much for your list in your 2 Jan post. I wondered too how rare flaps/slats/gear errors on TO. Seems very rare indeed.
I also worked up that list. I spreadsheeted Tu-154 incidences from ASN:
https://aviation-safety.net/database...v-154/database
It gives 118 incidences total out of 1026 Tu-154 produced, 69 hull losses. Hull losses come to under 7%, comparable to the 727. Only 20 of these losses occurred during TO (14) and Init Climbout (6). Most of the TO probs due to overloaded planes with shifting cargo, and engine fails. Not clear if ANY due to flaps/slats/gear errors. Could be, some of these notes clearly not complete. Only one clearly tied to control surfaces, deployed spoilers on CCCP-85030 in 1973.