Originally Posted by
yeahidk
A message from a friend:
Gusty takeoff, heavy rain, heavy plane, short runway, and at night. Used flaps 20.
At accel height, CA (PF) called for flaps 5. FO went through the gate and selected flaps 1. When climb rate dissipated, CA looked over to see the lever and unknowingly banked over as well. CA became disoriented and neither pilot noticed the dive until the GPWS warning. 2.7Gs at 775’ AGL to recover.
Having done many heavy weight departures from OGG, it was always interesting to see the response by the FO when the flaps come from 20 to 5 . The scenario of missing the gate seems unlikely, since the aircraft made it to 2200, before descending, u less flap retraction was delayed until around 2000’
However, this has happened a couple times before;
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...-0367a2648c43/