Mooneymite Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 CVR UPS1354: http://dms.ntsb.gov/public%2F55000-55499%2F55307%2F550788.pdf The good, the bad and the ugly. Quote
Jeff_S Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Pretty chilling. Sounds like they didn't know what was happening until the very last moment. Quote
Mooneymite Posted February 20, 2014 Author Report Posted February 20, 2014 The crew seems pretty darn professional right up to the crash. The early-on remarks concerning fatigue are telling. Quote
John Pleisse Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Irony, the runway was clear and opened 8 seconds before the crash. The wouldn't have had to do the Loc approach if they were 10 mins later. Quote
piperpainter Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 A big part is at 3:41:53 about rest being tired! Goes till about 3:43:34.3 Way high at the FAF, high sink rate, turned the autopilot off...just lots of wrong. From the reading it sounds like they where at 3500ft when 1 mile from the FAF, which has an altitude of 2500ft. They continued to be high, so they had a high sink rate down the approach. They should have gone around early in the approach, especially in actual IMC. All in all, a very sad ending. Quote
Seth Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Heavy read. Sad, but good to learn from. Thread creep: My finance hates the fact that I read about and watch shows about airplane crashes - she understands I learn from it, but still doesn't like me "associating" with it. Back on track . . . Very professional crew - sad ending - John you're right, the other runway was opened just before the crash. -Seth Quote
Danb Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 Wow, and we fly single pilot IFR.... Quote
rbridges Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 A big part is at 3:41:53 about rest being tired! Goes till about 3:43:34.3 Way high at the FAF, high sink rate, turned the autopilot off...just lots of wrong. From the reading it sounds like they where at 3500ft when 1 mile from the FAF, which has an altitude of 2500ft. They continued to be high, so they had a high sink rate down the approach. They should have gone around early in the approach, especially in actual IMC. All in all, a very sad ending. okay. I wasn't clear about what happened. So, basically too high at FAF, tried to lose altitude quickly and couldn't stop descent? Quote
flyboy0681 Posted February 20, 2014 Report Posted February 20, 2014 CNN reported that the day before the incident the captain (in an email) was complaining about the demands of his work schedule. Quote
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