Sea Vixen incident at Bournemouth today
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Reminds me of the Douglas DC-8, which had a lift spoiler that, incredibly, could be deployed before the aircraft's weight was on the undercarriage, leading to one major tragedy when a miscommunication between capt. and 1st. off. resulted in the latter pulling the lever when they were still some 200 ft. up. Idiotically, Douglas's only effort to prevent inadvertent activation was a sign by the lever DEPLOYMENT IN FLIGHT PROHIBITED, which one pilot said was as much use as "crashing this aircraft is prohibited."
Douglas had some strange mechanical anomalies, the worst, of course, being the cargo door latching on the DC-10, which resulted in a very close call in Canada and, of course, the first crash of a fully-loaded jumbo jet, Turkish Airlines in Ermenonville, France.
Douglas had some strange mechanical anomalies, the worst, of course, being the cargo door latching on the DC-10, which resulted in a very close call in Canada and, of course, the first crash of a fully-loaded jumbo jet, Turkish Airlines in Ermenonville, France.
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Life can be dull, with little to make one laugh. And then along comes a little vignette that restores one's faith in the existence of a God with a GSOH. This thread has done just that.
The last quote is from the AAIB report, and of course everyone's read it. But isn't it wonderful, seen together?
Inadvertant selection? (pure speculation btw)
Ever flown a fast military machine?
We tend not to do that.
We tend not to do that.
Summary:
During the latter stages of the landing roll, whilst completing the after landing checklist, the pilot inadvertently selected the landing gear to up which resulted in the retraction of the nose and left main landing gear.
During the latter stages of the landing roll, whilst completing the after landing checklist, the pilot inadvertently selected the landing gear to up which resulted in the retraction of the nose and left main landing gear.
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Capot, fast jet pilots never ever make a mistake as you can find out reading through these forums, so no apology will be forthcoming from those who poo pood the suggestion that it could have been an accidental up selection.
