Sunwing hits the lights
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Sunwing hits the lights
Was posted on another thread so I thought I might move it here...
Incident: Sunwing B738 at Belfast on Jul 21st 2017, overran runway on takeoff
A Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Thomson Airways, registration C-FWGH performing flight BY-1526 from Belfast Aldergrove,NI (UK) to Kerkyra (Greece) with 186 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Belfast's runway 07 when the crew detected problems with the acceleration of the aircraft and re-selected TOGA prior to beginning takeoff rotation. During the initial climb the crew selected max continuous thrust and power adjusted accordingly. ATC reported the aircraft had an unusually long takeoff run. The aircraft continued the flight and landed in Kerkyra without further incident.
The Canadian TSB reported that a runway inspection found an approach light for runway 25 bent over.
Incident: Sunwing B738 at Belfast on Jul 21st 2017, overran runway on takeoff
A Sunwing Airlines Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Thomson Airways, registration C-FWGH performing flight BY-1526 from Belfast Aldergrove,NI (UK) to Kerkyra (Greece) with 186 people on board, was accelerating for takeoff from Belfast's runway 07 when the crew detected problems with the acceleration of the aircraft and re-selected TOGA prior to beginning takeoff rotation. During the initial climb the crew selected max continuous thrust and power adjusted accordingly. ATC reported the aircraft had an unusually long takeoff run. The aircraft continued the flight and landed in Kerkyra without further incident.
The Canadian TSB reported that a runway inspection found an approach light for runway 25 bent over.
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Scary!
Selecting TO/GA will not increase thrust as the auto-throttles are in a hold mode and can only me moved manually. By the sounds of the report they continued the take-off with de-rated thrust and no one actually moved the thrust levers to increase power when they realized they weren't accelerating normally.
Selecting TO/GA will not increase thrust as the auto-throttles are in a hold mode and can only me moved manually. By the sounds of the report they continued the take-off with de-rated thrust and no one actually moved the thrust levers to increase power when they realized they weren't accelerating normally.
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Selecting TO/GA will remove the thrust derates and ATM once airborne.FICU wrote:Scary!
Selecting TO/GA will not increase thrust as the auto-throttles are in a hold mode and can only me moved manually. By the sounds of the report they continued the take-off with de-rated thrust and no one actually moved the thrust levers to increase power when they realized they weren't accelerating normally.
Last edited by pelmet on Sat Aug 05, 2017 1:56 am, edited 1 time in total.
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Above 84kts the A/T goes in to THR HLD mode. Engines respond to thrust lever movement only until airborne (800 RA)pelmet wrote:Will selecting TO/GA not remove the ATM reduction?FICU wrote:Scary!
Selecting TO/GA will not increase thrust as the auto-throttles are in a hold mode and can only me moved manually. By the sounds of the report they continued the take-off with de-rated thrust and no one actually moved the thrust levers to increase power when they realized they weren't accelerating normally.
Last edited by rudder on Fri Aug 04, 2017 3:01 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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It moves the bugs on the N1 gauges but the A/T are in hold mode. TO/GA is selected once at the start of the take-off roll and the A/T move to the selected N1 then hold around 80 KIAS. If more thrust is needed they must be moved manually. I think Boeing designed it to take the computer out of the equation(inadvertent roll back or increase) during such a critical phase and to leave it in the pilot's hands.
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If the Air Florida accident taught us anything, it is If acceleration or climb performance isn't right, and you can't get it stopped, grab the thrust levers and stuff them full forward. At least for anything with fadec. And if no fadec, set max continuous.
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If your life depends on it, you can push a PT6 to the stops as well. No FADEC required. You might need to overhaul the the engines afterwards, but at least they'll still have the core value and an airframe. No liability to pay out for your dead ass either.
I'd imagine the same is true for most turbine engines.
I'd imagine the same is true for most turbine engines.
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Another case of pilots not manually moving the thrust levers... this time in a rejected landing...
This one resulted in a hull loss.
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http://avherald.com/h?article=49c12302&opt=05 seconds after the aircraft became airborne again tower instructed the flight crew to continue straight ahead and climb to 4000 feet. The instruction was correctly read back. Both flight crew members noticed the decaying speed, the first officer called "CHECK SPEED". The thrust levers were moved from IDLE to full forward, the autothrottle system transitioned from IDLE to THRUST mode.
The GCAA reported that the aircraft slid on the ground over 800 meters with the landing gear not yet in the fully up position.
This one resulted in a hull loss.
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Thrust levers full forward if required was a Boeing approved procedure on the 737-300 (non fadec).BTD wrote:If the Air Florida accident taught us anything, it is If acceleration or climb performance isn't right, and you can't get it stopped, grab the thrust levers and stuff them full forward. At least for anything with fadec. And if no fadec, set max continuous.
Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find in this business
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Eric Janson wrote:Thrust levers full forward if required was a Boeing approved procedure on the 737-300 (non fadec).BTD wrote:If the Air Florida accident taught us anything, it is If acceleration or climb performance isn't right, and you can't get it stopped, grab the thrust levers and stuff them full forward. At least for anything with fadec. And if no fadec, set max continuous.
I initially misread your post, so I responsed as below. But I'll leave it there because it is good information.
Below is from the air Florida accident report findings.
https://www.faa.gov/about/initiatives/m ... da_inc.pdf
27. The aircraft could not sustain flight because of the combined effects of airframe snow or ice
contamination which degraded lift and increased drag and the lower than normal thrust set by reference to the erroneous EPR indications. Either condition alone should not have prevented continued flight.
28. Continuation of flight should have been possible immediately after stickshaker activation if appropriate pitch control had been used and maximum available thrust had been added. While the flightcrew did add appropriate pitch control, they did not add thrust in time to prevent impact.
If you are that close to the edge, max available may be the only means to stay airborne. Respect the shaker, and hopefully you will climb, if not, you better find something else to do quickly.
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WOW......
Talk about getting a detailed preliminary report out very quickly. Perhaps our TSB could learn a thing or twenty.
Haven't had time to read more than a couple of paragraphs as I have to go flying. Let me know what the details are.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... C-FWGH.pdf
Talk about getting a detailed preliminary report out very quickly. Perhaps our TSB could learn a thing or twenty.
Haven't had time to read more than a couple of paragraphs as I have to go flying. Let me know what the details are.
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.u ... C-FWGH.pdf
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Burned up 3/4 of the runway before realizing they weren't accelerating properly, rotated with about 1000 feet of runway left, struck an approach light with a tire which was 35 cm high 29 m beyond the end of the runway in the stopway, was at 40 feet AGL 500 feet from the threshold markings, and didn't advance the thrust levers manually until airborne and 800 feet AGL.
Temperature at top of climb was entered into the FMC rather than OAT(a figure of - 52°C as opposed to +16°C) which gave a N1 of 81.5 when 93.3 was required.
Temperature at top of climb was entered into the FMC rather than OAT(a figure of - 52°C as opposed to +16°C) which gave a N1 of 81.5 when 93.3 was required.
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Why does it require you to enter the temperature at top of climb at all?
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Top of climb temperature is required for performance predictions, the most critical of which in the climb are your optimum and maximum altitudes.
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Ok, thanks. Would they be entered on the same page?
I'm kind of surprised you have to enter the current OAT at all and not just have the aircraft enter that automatically. Though there are probably reasons it has to be entered manually.
I'm kind of surprised you have to enter the current OAT at all and not just have the aircraft enter that automatically. Though there are probably reasons it has to be entered manually.
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In the 737-300(Classic) we enter ISA deviation and not actual temperature at top of climb. It's entered on a different page than take-off thrust OAT/assumed temperatures on the FMC.
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Remember that when talking about the 737, even a new one, we're talking a lot of 50 year old tech. Some NGs (and the Max) now have a temperature probe that works on the ground, most don't.Victory wrote:I'm kind of surprised you have to enter the current OAT at all and not just have the aircraft enter that automatically. Though there are probably reasons it has to be entered manually.
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Even on much more modern Boeing's, the OAT has to be manually entered.ahramin wrote:Remember that when talking about the 737, even a new one, we're talking a lot of 50 year old tech. Some NGs (and the Max) now have a temperature probe that works on the ground, most don't.Victory wrote:I'm kind of surprised you have to enter the current OAT at all and not just have the aircraft enter that automatically. Though there are probably reasons it has to be entered manually.
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The response to the recognition of the problem was extremely poor imho.FICU wrote:Burned up 3/4 of the runway before realizing they weren't accelerating properly, rotated with about 1000 feet of runway left, struck an approach light with a tire which was 35 cm high 29 m beyond the end of the runway in the stopway, was at 40 feet AGL 500 feet from the threshold markings, and didn't advance the thrust levers manually until airborne and 800 feet AGL.
Temperature at top of climb was entered into the FMC rather than OAT(a figure of - 52°C as opposed to +16°C) which gave a N1 of 81.5 when 93.3 was required.
All that was needed was a simple push on the Thrust Levers - but that didn't happen to 800'.
You should know the approximate N1 for a reduced Take-off and also the initial rate of climb. If you're not getting either then increasing the thrust is the first thing that should be done imho. Once safely airborne with some altitude then you can have a close look at what is going on.
I've seen it at a previous employer - everything is in the green so everything is fine. Just because there are no amber or red indications does not mean that everything is fine.
Always fly a stable approach - it's the only stability you'll find in this business