Thread: MD87 down at Houston Executive, only 1 injury
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Old 11-12-2021, 04:12 PM
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Originally Posted by 1wife2airlines View Post
What's not identical is the description of the control column. This event has a locked column. the previous had a column that could be pulled all the way back. How could a jammed elevator due to the overcenter geared tab jam the mechanism to the control tab? Was the column free in the previous incident because only one elevator was jammed?
I wondered about that too when they said the control column didn't move. Juan Browne made an updated video with the NTSB info. He discusses whether this large of a jet should have been operated under FAR Part 125 vs. Part 91.

https://youtu.be/UTUPGUB8bKQ
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