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Old 09-16-2014 | 10:22 AM
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Originally Posted by bedrock
Ever heard of Pinnacle 3701 crash? Ever heard of any major US airline crew pulling such a lame azzz stunt?
Not naming names out of courtousy, but there was an event in Cali, Columbia in the mid '90s whose last link in the chain was not retracting speedbrakes while responding to a GPWS warning.



In its report, the Aeronáutica Civil determined the following probable causes of the accident:
1.The flightcrew's failure to adequately plan and execute the approach to runway 19 at SKCL and their inadequate use of automation.
2.Failure of the flightcrew to discontinue the approach into Cali, despite numerous cues alerting them of the inadvisability of continuing the approach.
3.The lack of situational awareness of the flightcrew regarding vertical navigation, proximity to terrain, and the relative location of critical radio aids.
4.Failure of the flightcrew to revert to basic radio navigation at the time when the FMS-assisted navigation became confusing and demanded an excessive workload in a critical phase of the flight.

In addition, the Aeronáutica Civil determined that there were the following contributing factors to the accident:
1.The flightcrew's ongoing efforts to expedite their approach and landing in order to avoid potential delays.
2.The flightcrew's execution of the GPWS escape maneuver while the speedbrakes remained deployed.
3.FMS logic that dropped all intermediate fixes from the display(s) in the event of execution of a direct routing.
4.FMS-generated navigational information that used a different naming convention from that published in navigational charts.
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