Amsterdam Airlines off taxitrack at EHBK
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Amsterdam Airlines off taxitrack at EHBK
This afternoon an Amsterdam Airlines A320 PH-AAY (sn 527), scheduled for a flight from Maastricht-Aachen (EHBK) to Ankara Esenboga (LTAC), ended up next to the taxiway while taxiing out to RWY 21, reporting "we lost the nosewheel steering".
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did they lose it or was the bypass pin still installed?
edit: dont see any evidence of the red streamer, thx for the explaination below, not familur with that airport
edit: dont see any evidence of the red streamer, thx for the explaination below, not familur with that airport
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better pictures here:
MST-Aviation.nl - Euregional Aviation Portal
It was told here on the news they lost the nosewheel steering! not a pilot error.
MST-Aviation.nl - Euregional Aviation Portal
It was told here on the news they lost the nosewheel steering! not a pilot error.
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I lost braking as a new 320 captain years ago. Real scary. Pedals went to the floor. Had a switched-on F/O - he understood & jumped on his brakes. Nothing! IAC with the FCOM I had him turn the Nose-Wheel Steering & Brake switch (can't remember it's exact nomenclature) off - had my feet flat on the brakes (as we were not far from hitting an aircraft) and came to a sudden halt.
Got home and called an old skipper friend of mine and told him my scary story - he said "Oh yes, happened a number of times to me - you just recycle the BSCU switch."
This is a problem Airbus has been aware of for well over 12 years - can't believe that they haven't resolved it and regretful that it's still causing incidents like this - no pilot in his right mind would taxi into the rough - the aircraft let these guys down.
Got home and called an old skipper friend of mine and told him my scary story - he said "Oh yes, happened a number of times to me - you just recycle the BSCU switch."
This is a problem Airbus has been aware of for well over 12 years - can't believe that they haven't resolved it and regretful that it's still causing incidents like this - no pilot in his right mind would taxi into the rough - the aircraft let these guys down.
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In accordance with the FCOM 3, supplementary techniques, the BSCU reset should only be done with the park brake set, as the nose wheel makes a full deflection to the stop during the reset. If this reset is done during taxi, you may well find yourself in the grass. The switch may be turned off, and alternate braking relied on without steering.
If this reset was done because of a nose wheel steering problem, it is "mandatory", according to the same chapter of FCOM 3, to be entered into the tech log and the aircraft returned to the stand.
I have no idea what happened in this case.
If this reset was done because of a nose wheel steering problem, it is "mandatory", according to the same chapter of FCOM 3, to be entered into the tech log and the aircraft returned to the stand.
I have no idea what happened in this case.
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This is a problem Airbus has been aware of for well over 12 years - can't believe that they haven't resolved it and regretful that it's still causing incidents like this
And yes, it can happen. Although I have never experienced it. FCOM has a by-heart-item in place, that says "no brakes: pull the bypass switch". I guess your airline also has this item. It's only one of four in total, so it would be easy to know it.
Loss of brakes and/or stearing is possible on every aircraft. I wouldn't know of any where it's not. Just because there is an electronical controller for the system doesn't mean it's more dangerous.
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