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RAF Pilot Who Sent A330 Into Plunge With Camera To Be Court-Martialed
The captain had placed his personal digital SLR camera between the captain’s seat armrest and the left-hand side-stick controller during a flight from the U.K. to Afghanistan. As the captain moved his seat forward, the position of the camera forced the side-stick fully forward. This initiated a pitch-down command, sending the aircraft into a steep dive, with the A330 losing 4,400 ft. in 27 sec. (m.aviationweek.com) 更多...
I always hated side sticks, this is one of the reasons among many MANY other reasons. All having to do with safety and aircraft control.
I agree about the sidestick controllers not being coupled is very problematic and I believe was an issue in the AF447 crash where the pilot, recognizing a stall, had the stick pushed forward and the inexperienced first officer, not recognizing the alpha floor protection system had reverted (and not trained for it), had the stick pulled back, with the aircraft averaging the two inputs!
However, the Military aviation Authority interim report credits the flight envelope protection system for saving the RAF aircraft from a crash.
The MAA report (linked from the PM article) can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293230/interim_si_voyager_report.pdf
However, the Military aviation Authority interim report credits the flight envelope protection system for saving the RAF aircraft from a crash.
The MAA report (linked from the PM article) can be found here https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/293230/interim_si_voyager_report.pdf
Not as tragic as the C-130J loss in Kandahar where a pilot stuck his NVG case behind the control yoke while the aircraft was on the ground so that the elevators could be fully deflected to ease loading/unloading. He forgot the case was there when they later attempted take-off. The plane pitched up sharply, stalled, crashed, and killed all 14 aboard.
Bank, bank, bank! The only action to counteract an uncommanded pitch up. At some point the nose will fall and your ailerons then become your pitch control until you figure out the problem.
I had a physical jam of the horizontal stab. 6 years ago in a 35. At FL230 and still climbing, the only thing left to do was put it on it's side, regained control then...
Did you discover the cause of the jam?
Airplane was in a 12 year, 6 months prior to this. Found half a socket, missing bolt, deformed bolt, sheared bolt. The last two were probably from the force we put on the yoke to break loose...
I'll bet the force input to the yoke was substantial! Lol
'twas indeed...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a22336/raf-pilot-court-marshal-tanker-dive/