The Right Lever
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The Right Lever
Just a question. (Airbus FBW)
Anybody know if and how often the Flap Lever gets moved instead of the Speed Brake lever.
I believe that it is not an un-common human error. (Interesting as they are completly different and their use is also completly SOPA different.)
Anybody know if and how often the Flap Lever gets moved instead of the Speed Brake lever.
I believe that it is not an un-common human error. (Interesting as they are completly different and their use is also completly SOPA different.)
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Don't know about the Busses, but I had an Engineer dump the flaps on me on take-off instead of raising the gear on a DC-6. The handles were close and similar. Fortunately, I had my "usual" extra knots I always carry and we didn't settle too much.
Last edited by DC-ATE; 17th May 2009 at 12:48.
DC-ATE good thing it was not a DC-ATE 
BTW the DC-8 is a very advanced 'first solo' airplane
as we pilots tend to name ourselves on PPRuNE according to the aircraft we first soloed
PA-
--just a coincidence tho
BTW the DC-8 is a very advanced 'first solo' airplane
as we pilots tend to name ourselves on PPRuNE according to the aircraft we first soloed
PA-
--just a coincidence tho
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Kinda hard to get the two levers confused in the DC-8.
Well, the DC-8 wasn't exactly the first aircraft I soloed in! Actually, it was a Tri-Champ DX-R (or something like that?!).
Well, the DC-8 wasn't exactly the first aircraft I soloed in! Actually, it was a Tri-Champ DX-R (or something like that?!).
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I think it's a very unlikely mistake..
PF operates the Speedbrake lever, whereas the Flap selection is called for, and then done by PNF. I have never seen it happen.
PF operates the Speedbrake lever, whereas the Flap selection is called for, and then done by PNF. I have never seen it happen.
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Flap retracted instead of gear UP on a military Argosy on the 1970s
Cat 5 at Benson (Wallingford international)
......never knew the cause; possibly a Direct entry Captain with zero transport experience
dbee
Cat 5 at Benson (Wallingford international)
......never knew the cause; possibly a Direct entry Captain with zero transport experience
dbee
