SWA Landing gear collapse at LGA

MikeD said:
Worthless factoid: The only thing the A-10 ever did fast, was taxi fast. Even in idle, you had to nearly ride the brakes, just to keep it from going too fast down the taxiway. And, there's no parking brake.
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Come on the GAU-8 lays down lead pretty fast!

I was speaking in GA terms skyhawks and Cherokees ;)
 
DBrown said:
Come on the GAU-8 lays down lead pretty fast!

I was speaking in GA terms skyhawks and Cherokees ;)
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75 rounds/second worth. :)

Thats why when a number of friends always ask "hey, lets go to the shooting range, I got a new pistol/rifle/shotgun to shoot. Will be fun!!" Im always feeling kind of "meh". After the GAU-8, going shooting is kind of "meh". :)

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Markf64 said:
Well, if you put it that way.... I will go back to lurking on JC.
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Haha! No need to lurk.:D Im just curious if:

1. If this whole thing is a joke, who did it; and

2. If we can now expect this as standard for all accidents (some kind of prank BS info that sounds legit, but we have to confirm)

If you're serious about doing an NTSB intern thing, there are a number of intern positions available.
 
MikeD said:
Haha! No need to lurk.:D Im just curious if:

1. If this whole thing is a joke, who did it; and

2. If we can now expect this as standard for all accidents (some kind of prank BS info that sounds legit, but we have to confirm)

If you're serious about doing an NTSB intern thing, there are a number of intern positions available.
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I believe Markf64 posted that he added the paragraph into the actual report?
 
I'm just going to be honest and say that looking at the in-cabin video, it appears the engines spooled back early and the aircraft developed a high sink rate with the thrust at idle.
 
dasleben said:
I'm just going to be honest and say that looking at the in-cabin video, it appears the engines spooled back early and the aircraft developed a high sink rate with the thrust at idle.
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Agreed. But why? Even on the CRJ 700, if you pull the power to idle at 100', some bad stuff is gonna happen. It just doesn't make sense that they would consciously do that.
 
dasleben said:
I'm just going to be honest and say that looking at the in-cabin video, it appears the engines spooled back early and the aircraft developed a high sink rate with the thrust at idle.
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Would that cause it to go nose down like that? Maybe the trim setting? I dont know but man, that could have turned out a lot worse.
 
SeanD said:
Would that cause it to go nose down like that? Maybe the trim setting? I dont know but man, that could have turned out a lot worse.
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I suppose if the trim ran nose down it could cause the nose to drop like that, but it would be kind of gradual and pretty easy to counter (at least at first). A rouge stick pusher could drop the nose like that. Some Boeing/MD aircraft (not sure if the 737 is one of them... I think it's only on aircraft that fly the elevator into place with a control tab) have a elevator boost accumulator that assists in deep stall recovery. I guess if that thing fired randomly it could push the nose down. If the plane was on autopilot and then taken off and it was severely out of trim (which shouldn't happen) it could have kicked the nose down. Finally I suppose the pilot could have just screwed up somehow and been diving for the runway and didn't rotate the nose back in time.

We'll find out sooner or later I'm sure.
 
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