airman1900
3rd Jul 2020, 03:36
The NTSB in their just released(June 15) final report on this accident that, "... the airplane lost speed and lift and landed hard on the runway suffering a tail strike before they were able to climb." and reported that the probable cause was a "small microburst." This is, to me, an amazing probable cause. To me the probable cause was the lack of timely information being provided from ATC regarding previous aircraft windshear reports, intentionally flying into a cell (from the CVR: "That thing a really is just like on the approach end isn't it?") along with improper procedures.
"The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
an encounter with a small microburst on short final at low altitude that resulted in a loss of lift and a tail strike during the go-around. Contributing to the accident was the captain's decision to continue the approach without applying appropriate windshear precautions in accordance with published guidance."
Accident report is at https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20150818X14949&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=LA
Docket is at https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/hitlist.cfm?docketID=63900&CFID=515180&CFTOKEN=d473d557aeb49cf6-B8A7B68A-5056-942C-927B3E9C31430C3B
"The National Transportation Safety Board determines the probable cause(s) of this accident to be:
an encounter with a small microburst on short final at low altitude that resulted in a loss of lift and a tail strike during the go-around. Contributing to the accident was the captain's decision to continue the approach without applying appropriate windshear precautions in accordance with published guidance."
Accident report is at https://app.ntsb.gov/pdfgenerator/ReportGeneratorFile.ashx?EventID=20150818X14949&AKey=1&RType=Final&IType=LA
Docket is at https://dms.ntsb.gov/pubdms/search/hitlist.cfm?docketID=63900&CFID=515180&CFTOKEN=d473d557aeb49cf6-B8A7B68A-5056-942C-927B3E9C31430C3B