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Final Report On Brussels Kalitta Accident

Flanders From Belgium, joined Oct 2008, 115 posts, RR: 0
Posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 17 hours ago) and read 2798 times:

Final report on the Brussels Kalitta crash issued by the Air Accident Investigation Unit (Belgian Federal Government) is now available:

http://www.mobilit.fgov.be/data/aero/accidents/AA-8-5.pdf

I'm almost halfway and must say this report shows some interesting facts!

Flanders.

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Tb727 From United States of America, joined Jun 2005, 1375 posts, RR: 4
Reply 1, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 15 hours ago) and read 2633 times:

Thanks! I'm gonna print this one out. I just wish the Columbia report would come out, that one should be interesting too.

Start sequence, 3,2,1, make it so...

Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11955 posts, RR: 37
Reply 2, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2390 times:

Quoting Flanders (Thread starter):
I'm almost halfway and must say this report shows some interesting facts!

Just starting it myself now.

The key fact seems to be that the runway stopped before the airplane did!

Kaitak From Ireland, joined Aug 1999, 11955 posts, RR: 37
Reply 3, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2338 times:

The main causes seem to be:
1) The decision to abort 12 kts after V1
2) The takeoff having started from an intersection, although the takeoff parameters were calculated based on the whole runway length

The captain had been involved in a rejected takeoff incident previously when the Belgian report suggested might have influenced his decision.

One has to feel very sorry for the crew; particularly the captain (who was 59) finishing his career like this.

GARUDAROD From United States of America, joined Apr 2000, 1477 posts, RR: 1
Reply 4, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 13 hours ago) and read 2319 times:

Quoting Kaitak (Reply 3):
The main causes seem to be:
1) The decision to abort 12 kts after V1
2) The takeoff having started from an intersection, although the takeoff parameters were calculated based on the whole runway length

The captain had been involved in a rejected takeoff incident previously when the Belgian report suggested might have influenced his decision.

One has to feel very sorry for the crew; particularly the captain (who was 59) finishing his career like this.

Also the decision to not use reverse thrust on the RTO in spite of company procedure
stating that reverse thrust should be used in such a situation.

Cargo doesn't whine, moan, or complain

OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 5, posted (3 years 10 months 2 weeks 4 days 12 hours ago) and read 2229 times:

Quoting Flanders (Thread starter):
I'm almost halfway and must say this report shows some interesting facts!

Anyone catch the comment re: EMAS?

"Computation showed that N704CK, if it had not deviated to the right
would have stopped before the first ditch, in the case runway 20 was
equipped with an EMAS RESA".

Wonder if we'll be seeing that in those EMAS sales brochures....? Wink

Also noteworthy was the type of bird involved--a falcon. Certainly not the largest, nor the smallest...

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