Go Back  Airline Pilot Central Forums > Pilot Lounge > Safety
Challenger flipped upside down in 380 wake >

Challenger flipped upside down in 380 wake

Notices
Safety Accidents, suggestions on improving safety, etc

Challenger flipped upside down in 380 wake

Old 02-15-2020, 11:05 AM
  #1  
Gets Weekends Off
Thread Starter
 
Joined APC: Mar 2017
Posts: 128
Default Challenger flipped upside down in 380 wake

Boy...
I've had pretty big jets go 500 some feet above me (bug smasher) under ATC guidance.
Always wondered...

https://flightsafety.org/a380-wake-t...nce-encounter/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-crashes.html

Business Jet Pilots Describe A380 Wake Turbulence Encounter

The pilots told accident investigators how they lost control of the aircraft in a wake turbulence encounter that caused the CL604 to drop 9,000 ft and roll through “several rotations.”

by FSF Editorial Staff | May 18, 2017

The pilots of a Bombardier Challenger 604 have told accident investigators how they lost control of the aircraft in a January encounter with wake turbulence from an Airbus 380 that caused the CL604 to drop 9,000 ft and roll through “several rotations,” according to an interim report from the German Federal Bureau of Aircraft Accident Investigation.

The report said the temporary loss of control occurred about one minute after the A380 passed overhead, headed in the opposite direction, about 1,000 ft above the CL604, in Indian airspace over the Arabian Sea.

As the CL604 rolled left, its autopilot and a number of instruments and cockpit displays failed, including the inertial reference systems, the flight management system and the attitude indication, the report said.

The pilot-in-command told accident investigators that, “since the sky had been blue and the ocean’s surface almost the same colour, he had been able to recognize the aircraft’s flight attitude with the help of the clouds,” the report said.

The airplane experienced “large control surface deflections and acceleration,” and its left engine had to be shut off because of increases in the inter-stage turbine temperature, the report said.

The crew told air traffic control in Mumbai about the occurrence and declared an emergency, then restarted the left engine and diverted the flight to Muscat International Airport in Oman.

The CL604 was headed from Malé, Maldive Islands, to Al-Bateen, United Arab Emirates, with three crewmembers and six passengers; two passengers were seriously injured, and two other passengers and a flight attendant received minor injuries. The report characterized the airplane as substantially damaged, and added that Bombardier had said that the airframe “could not be restored to an airworthy state.”

The A380 was en route from Dubai to Sydney, Australia.

Investigation of the event is continuing.
takingmessages is offline  
Old 02-15-2020, 04:43 PM
  #2  
Prime Minister/Moderator
 
rickair7777's Avatar
 
Joined APC: Jan 2006
Position: Engines Turn Or People Swim
Posts: 39,097
Default

I know a guy who got rolled by drifting 380 wake from the parallel. Exceeded roll authority for a moment on short final... in a bus.
rickair7777 is offline  
Old 02-16-2020, 01:58 PM
  #3  
Gets Weekends Off
 
Joined APC: Aug 2019
Posts: 968
Default

[QUOTE=takingmessages;2977596]Boy...
I've had pretty big jets go 500 some feet above me (bug smasher) under ATC guidance.
Always wondered...

https://flightsafety.org/a380-wake-t...nce-encounter/
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...y-crashes.html

Business Jet Pilots Describe A380 Wake Turbulence Encounter

The pilots told accident investigators how they lost control of the aircraft in a wake turbulence encounter that caused the CL604 to drop 9,000 ft and roll through “several rotations.”

by FSF Editorial Staff | May 18, 2017

The pilots of a Bombardier Challenger 604 have told accident investigators how they lost control of the aircraft in a January encounter with wake turbulence from an Airbus 380 that caused the CL604 to drop 9,000 ft and roll through “several rotations,”

This happened 3 yrs ago.
Stan446 is offline  
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
AUS_ATC
Hangar Talk
13
04-15-2006 07:13 AM

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On


Thread Tools
Search this Thread
Your Privacy Choices