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Old 07-19-2014 | 02:47 PM
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Originally Posted by PeezDog
Can anyone confirm that we bent an airplane the other day? A 200. I heard it yesterday in the lounge in ATL. Apparently a stall on the flare. Haven't seen or heard anything else. The guy said the airplane is going to th scrap yard. BS or real?
Originally Posted by Truman_Sparks
Real. Stalled on landing. Smashed up good.
Originally Posted by Captain Tony
Check airman doing newhire IOE. Got behind the power curve landing in ATL. Took over too late, stalled, hit hard on the wingtip. Everyone ok, aircraft most likely a total loss. CRJ 200.
I was scheduled to take this one out. Mechanic rumors are running rampant but the check airman simply stated they scraped the wing. From his statements, there is a possibility of wind shear (stated winds at the time were 320@6G18) but it didn't feel squirrelly when we landed just before them. Several mechanics that day said it's totaled because the wing cracked in addition to the scraped tip and flaps. From the terminal the damage wasn't obvious and I didn't feel the need to gawk more closely.