China Eastern Tailstrike LHR 31/03
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Tailstrikes happen and the correct response is as below :
NTSB Identification: NYC05LA054
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC
Accident occurred Wednesday, March 02, 2005 in Newark, NJ
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200, registration: N78008
Injuries: 214 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On March 2, 2005, at 1550 eastern standard time, a Boeing 777-200, N78008, operated by Continental Airlines as flight 99, experienced a tail strike departing from the Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, New Jersey. There were no injuries to the 2 certificated airline transport flight crewmembers, 2 relief flight crewmembers, 12 flight attendants, or 198 passengers. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the flight destined for Hong Kong, China. The flight was a scheduled international passenger flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 121.
According to a representative of the operator, the airplane was departing from runway 4R, an 11,000 foot-long, 150 foot-wide, asphalt runway. As the airplane was rotated, it lifted off the runway, momentarily settled back to the ground, and lifted off a second time. Suspecting that the tail of the airplane struck the ground, the pilot elected to return to the airport, where it landed uneventfully.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector and representatives of Boeing and the operator examined the airplane after the accident. Scrape marks were observed on the underside of the airplane's tail section. Further examination revealed substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead.
The winds recorded at EWR, at 1551, were from 320 degrees, at 23 knots, gusting to 27 knots.
NTSB Identification: NYC05LA054
Scheduled 14 CFR Part 121: Air Carrier operation of CONTINENTAL AIRLINES INC
Accident occurred Wednesday, March 02, 2005 in Newark, NJ
Aircraft: Boeing 777-200, registration: N78008
Injuries: 214 Uninjured.
This is preliminary information, subject to change, and may contain errors. Any errors in this report will be corrected when the final report has been completed.
On March 2, 2005, at 1550 eastern standard time, a Boeing 777-200, N78008, operated by Continental Airlines as flight 99, experienced a tail strike departing from the Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), Newark, New Jersey. There were no injuries to the 2 certificated airline transport flight crewmembers, 2 relief flight crewmembers, 12 flight attendants, or 198 passengers. Visual meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed for the flight destined for Hong Kong, China. The flight was a scheduled international passenger flight, conducted under 14 CFR Part 121.
According to a representative of the operator, the airplane was departing from runway 4R, an 11,000 foot-long, 150 foot-wide, asphalt runway. As the airplane was rotated, it lifted off the runway, momentarily settled back to the ground, and lifted off a second time. Suspecting that the tail of the airplane struck the ground, the pilot elected to return to the airport, where it landed uneventfully.
A Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) inspector and representatives of Boeing and the operator examined the airplane after the accident. Scrape marks were observed on the underside of the airplane's tail section. Further examination revealed substantial damage to the aft pressure bulkhead.
The winds recorded at EWR, at 1551, were from 320 degrees, at 23 knots, gusting to 27 knots.
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So have the Chinese made any comment on this yet? Do the UK CAA have the right to question the actions of the crew given that this could have devastating consequences if the aircraft had come down?
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Heathrow movements can be found at http://www.lhr-lgw.co.uk/heathrow/lhrmainindex.htm .
CES552 B2383 A343 ZSPD 2038 212 09R
So, at 2138 LT China Eastern Flight 552 departed from 09R, registration B-2383, an Airbus A340-300.
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CES552 B2383 A343 ZSPD 2038 212 09R
So, at 2138 LT China Eastern Flight 552 departed from 09R, registration B-2383, an Airbus A340-300.
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China eastern Tailstrike LHR 31/03
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From A320 QRH:
LAND ASAP
- MAX FL ......100 or MSA
[Limit cabin rate of climb and descent]
- RAM AIR ...... ON
- PACK 1 and 2 ...... OFF
Enough said. Could it have been a trim adjustment? For example, trim DN3.0 being entered as UP3.0? That would produce nose up at lower than expected speed, stick forward (to level?), then relaxing to a draggy nose up again.... Sounds possible.
But not following the QRH? Oh dear, oh dear....
LAND ASAP
- MAX FL ......100 or MSA
[Limit cabin rate of climb and descent]
- RAM AIR ...... ON
- PACK 1 and 2 ...... OFF
Enough said. Could it have been a trim adjustment? For example, trim DN3.0 being entered as UP3.0? That would produce nose up at lower than expected speed, stick forward (to level?), then relaxing to a draggy nose up again.... Sounds possible.
But not following the QRH? Oh dear, oh dear....
A340-300 in Shanghai Airline hangar
