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Forum: Tech Log
20th Feb 2014, 20:11
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

It's 1000 feet AGL (QFE if you prefer), this 'no...

It's 1000 feet AGL (QFE if you prefer), this 'no flags' callout has been done in the U.S. since at least the 1960's from archived NTSB reports.



Similarly, under the 'no significant loss of...
Forum: Tech Log
20th Feb 2014, 18:22
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Looks like they never correctly sequenced the...

Looks like they never correctly sequenced the approach in the box, were playing catch up from above with a late descent and V/S ed down through the path into the ground. They weren't stable at 1000...
Forum: Tech Log
27th Aug 2013, 18:33
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

The altitude constraint at IMTOY is actually 1380...

The altitude constraint at IMTOY is actually 1380 feet and if you can identify IMTOY you can go down the path past IMTOY to an MDA of 1200 feet. Add 50 feet to get a D-DA of 1250 feet which I believe...
Forum: Tech Log
26th Aug 2013, 16:00
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Here are a couple of cites from the FAA Airman's...

Here are a couple of cites from the FAA Airman's Information Manual:





https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/ATpubs/AIM/aim0504.html

The LOC Rwy 18 at BHM has a published VDA (3.28...
Forum: Tech Log
25th Aug 2013, 22:52
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

As suspected... ;) Anyway we appreciate you...

As suspected... ;)

Anyway we appreciate you sharing your obvious expertise but no, the pilots wouldn't inhibit the EGPWS if there was an obstacle on the approach. :=

Have you ever shot a...
Forum: Tech Log
23rd Aug 2013, 17:13
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

I don't think the EGWPS is a dumb box, I believe...

I don't think the EGWPS is a dumb box, I believe it gets vertical speed information from the IRU's on the A306.
Forum: Tech Log
21st Aug 2013, 21:30
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Some earlier discussion here: ...

Some earlier discussion here:

http://www.pprune.org/rumours-news/483141-cockpit-video-recorders-become-mandatory.html

Like so many of these safety reporting and recording innovations (CVR, QAR,...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Aug 2013, 21:22
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

NTSB member Sumwalt addresses the recovery of...

NTSB member Sumwalt addresses the recovery of non-volatile memory from various electronic modules at 8:25 in this briefing:

Member Robert Sumwalt holds final media brieifing on UPS flight 1354...
Forum: Tech Log
19th Aug 2013, 15:06
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

And actually, the Jepp chart, 11-2 dated 17 AUG...

And actually, the Jepp chart, 11-2 dated 17 AUG 12, LOC Rwy 18 indeed has both notations.

Note 2. at the top says 'When VGSI inop, procedure not authorized at night.'

And, in the minima boxes...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2013, 16:32
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Some memorial information on one of the pilots is...

Some memorial information on one of the pilots is here:

UPS plane crash: Pilot Shanda Carney Fanning's funeral, life celebration planned | al.com...
Forum: Tech Log
18th Aug 2013, 02:10
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Thanks for sharing it, most of what I know about...

Thanks for sharing it, most of what I know about the mishap outside of the NTSB briefings is similarly anecdotal.



Perhaps not a player with UPS but some of the A306's I flew years ago had...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Aug 2013, 22:21
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

I'll raise the partial B.S. flag on this one. I...

I'll raise the partial B.S. flag on this one. I talked with a friend who drives the 'bus for UPS. He's been to BHM many times and says he has never landed on 18. The captain was indeed flying from...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Aug 2013, 14:38
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

I was also puzzled why they would do the LOC...

I was also puzzled why they would do the LOC instead of the RNAV (GPS).

It's been a long time since I've flown the A306, are you implying that perhaps the missed approach altitude instead of MDA...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Aug 2013, 08:13
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

You may have missed it, the alert was "SINK...

You may have missed it, the alert was "SINK RATE", "SINK RATE".

See 3:09 here: Member Robert Sumwalt holds third press briefing on UPS flight 1354 crash in Birmingham, Alabama - YouTube...
Forum: Tech Log
17th Aug 2013, 06:44
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

From Robert Sumwalt's Friday NTSB presser, it...

From Robert Sumwalt's Friday NTSB presser, it looks like the UPS 1354 crew briefed and shot the LOC Rwy 18.

There are rumours, I stress rumors, of significant prior crew training issues, if so,...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Aug 2013, 22:19
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

NTSB: UPS plane's cockpit voice recorder reveals...

NTSB: UPS plane's cockpit voice recorder reveals first descent warning came 16 seconds before end of recording (photos) | al.com...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Aug 2013, 17:22
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

From discussions on a PPRuNe sister forum, UPS...

From discussions on a PPRuNe sister forum, UPS pilots use Jepps.

I was thinking the crew would probably shoot the RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 approach but they certainly were legal to do the LOC Rwy 18...
Forum: Tech Log
16th Aug 2013, 05:03
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Here's an assessment from 'consultant' and...

Here's an assessment from 'consultant' and 'aviation expert' Kit Darby:



Pilots identified in Birmingham UPS cargo plane crash - CBS Atlanta 46...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Aug 2013, 18:01
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

I'm just a driver, not a rocket scientist but you...

I'm just a driver, not a rocket scientist but you might want to re-check those numbers for a 3.28 degree glide path. :confused:
Forum: Tech Log
15th Aug 2013, 14:42
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

I agree, the idea of a 300 knot descent 15 miles...

I agree, the idea of a 300 knot descent 15 miles out in the U.S. somehow doesn't seem right. It is definitely 250 kts. below 10,000 ft. and they don't give you 'high speed' in the U.S. even at night...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Aug 2013, 05:12
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

So, are you claiming there is no vertical path...

So, are you claiming there is no vertical path guidance on an RNAV (GPS) approach? In my experience, you do have vertical path guidance on an RNAV (GPS) approach in an FMS widebody like the UPS A300....
Forum: Tech Log
15th Aug 2013, 04:47
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Uh, don't know if you know someone who has Jepps...

Uh, don't know if you know someone who has Jepps but chart 12-2 dated 2 MAR 12 is the RNAV (GPS) RWY 18 at BHM, presumably this is the chart the UPS crew was using. I doubt they would be using the...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Aug 2013, 04:25
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

Huh? Step down fixes are not on the final...

Huh?

Step down fixes are not on the final profile path on many approaches. And even if they are, non-standard temperature can cause them to be above the extended profile. The feds have been...
Forum: Tech Log
15th Aug 2013, 03:51
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

That may be how they did it back in the old days...

That may be how they did it back in the old days with piston twin equipment but it is defintely not currently taught in widebody FMS aircraft from what I've seen.

Why not is explained in this FAA...
Forum: Tech Log
14th Aug 2013, 21:44
Replies: 1,033
Views: 502,377
Posted By Airbubba

I think you mean QNH, not QNE in SDF and BHM. ...

I think you mean QNH, not QNE in SDF and BHM.

If it was never reset to QNE (STD in the 'bus) after takeoff in SDF, they would inevitably get a call from ATC when leveling off in RVSM airspace...
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