Originally Posted by
xjtguy
Are you aware of the history of the aircraft and it's uncommanded nosewheel steering tendencies?
As well as the XJT's requirement for a memory item dealing with such?
So I'll ask you the same, what makes you think a alibi is necessary? To add, do you have the facts to make a determination as to what the cause was? Does a nice/happy METAR mean NOTHING else could have happened
That scenario is given on A LOT of PCs. Also, look at how narrow the runway is there.
No need to ask me anything. You'll need to point out to me from my post however where you think I said an alibi was necessary. I'm not making any determinations here. Of course with any safety training, the first look would go to environmentals when you hear about an aircraft going off the runway. If I am sitting in my cubicle today and someone calls out "Hey - an aircraft went off the runway at XXXX, then the first thing crossing my mind would probably be "I wonder what the weather was?" If you think that deductive reasoning is asking for an alibi then maybe you aren't the one using your head?
But the good thing about the NTSB is that they will be looking at ALL possibilities. Does a nice/happy METAR mean NOTHING else could have happened? I'm not even sure where you are trying to go with that question; but something obviously DID happen.
You seem to be jumping to conclusions about NWS problems as quickly as you are jumping on others asking about weather conditions. Supposition goes both ways.
USMCFLYR