Re: Request for ideas
Donald A. Talleur (dtalleur_at_uiuc.edu)
Fri, 01 Aug 1997 16:37:02 -0500
At 03:41 PM 8/1/97 -0400, you wrote:
> One day, during a full-motion simulator mission, the pilot realized he
>was too low to clear the terrain in front and he rapidly pulled the yoke full
>aft. This simulator is capable of 30 degree pitch, but the pilot only
>commanded 20. The flight deck pitched up so quickly the navigator didn't
>have time time grab onto something, and fell down. Several papers that were
>laying on the top of the co-pilot's instument panel fell into the copilot's
>lap. Shortly after that, the pin holding the pilot's seat in position
>failed, and the seat slid backwards, cutting the engineer's leg which was in
>the way. The pilot yelled for the co-pilot to take control, who was rapidly
>clearing charts out of his lap.
> It was an interesting crew debrief.
>
>Greg Deen
>HTI
>
>
>
Greg,
Sounds like a wild ride! What did the crew learn from this? Why
wasn't the navigator straped in? Day-one training teaches don't put stuff
on the glareshield! Sounds like a B-52 low-level or something similar. Am I
right?
Don T.