Accident today, Naples FL...
#31
In a land of unicorns
Joined APC: Apr 2014
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Lattest scuttlebut is bad fuel. Story I heard is that this was a rescue for another operator that apparently got some type of fuel filter bypass warning on taxi out. As I understand, they only took on the min 300 gallons to waive the ramp fee. Again, just a story I'm hearing, but seems very plausible. I think we can all agree that there was fuel on board when they crashed with how badly it burned.
I'm wondering if we're lookin at a BA38 type situation?
British Airways Flight 38 - Wikipedia
I'm wondering if we're lookin at a BA38 type situation?
British Airways Flight 38 - Wikipedia
BA38 is possible, not sure what the temps aloft were. On a short flight like this it just sounds implausible.
The fire isn't that violent. there is tens of liters of unusable fuel that will burn even if engines have flamed out due to fuel starvation.
We will wait and see.
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#33
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Joined APC: Oct 2015
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took about 2:30 hours for it to significantly impact Cathay 780
#34
Prelim out today.
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/a...ort/193769/pdf
EICAS warnings "L ENGINE OIL PRESSURE" and "R ENGINE OIL PRESSURE" occurred at the same time approx 70 seconds prior to impact.
Report suggests fuel filters were clear, and fuel was present throughout most of the fuel system.
This is a curious one.
Could the power levers have jumped the idle / shutoff gate? Or the tabs perhaps were inadvertently lifted by the pilot while reducing power to idle?
CVR will help. But "Sh1t!" could mean anything...
Thoughts?
https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/a...ort/193769/pdf
EICAS warnings "L ENGINE OIL PRESSURE" and "R ENGINE OIL PRESSURE" occurred at the same time approx 70 seconds prior to impact.
Report suggests fuel filters were clear, and fuel was present throughout most of the fuel system.
This is a curious one.
Could the power levers have jumped the idle / shutoff gate? Or the tabs perhaps were inadvertently lifted by the pilot while reducing power to idle?
CVR will help. But "Sh1t!" could mean anything...
Thoughts?
Last edited by EyeKantEven; 02-27-2024 at 01:35 PM.
#39
CRJ had a similar shutoff latch, but I don't recall anything like that ever happening. I think the CRJ latches had to be pulled up? Been a long time. Maybe a sleeve got caught?
I do remember that when I shut the engines down that I was meticulous about doing them deliberately and one at a time with a pause, to avoid developing any dangerous muscle memory that might bite me in the heat of the moment. After watching CA's grabbing both and shutting it all done in one smooth motion.
#40
That one still made the runway though
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