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NTSB Animation Suggests Continental Flight 3407 Pilot Error

By Mike Danko on May 14, 2009
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I blogged here on whether it was icing that caused the crash of Flight 3407, or whether the pilot simply pulled back on the yoke when he should have pushed forward.  The NTSB’s animation, using data gathered from the aircraft’s black boxes, makes a strong case for the latter.

The video is 2 minutes 39 seconds long.  Watch the airspeed drop dangerously low by 2:04 and the stick shaker activate at 2:07.  The pilot should have immediately pushed the yoke forward, which would have pointed the nose down and allowed the aircraft to regain airspeed.  Instead, he pulls the yoke back.

  • Posted in:
    Admiralty and Maritime
  • Blog:
    Aviation Law Monitor
  • Organization:
    Danko Meredith
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