Situational awarnes is very low in my opinion during an NDB appoach specialy
during windy condition, in which head or tail wind might drasticly alter the
ground speed at which the aircraft if flying at.
NDB approaches that are not complemented by a DME or number of fixes\radial
of near my VOR would create such a highmargin of lack of situational
awarness specialy taking into consideration that an NDB will only let you
how far you are from it when you cross it.
I do not mean to take any attention away from the cali crash, but I think
anytime a plane hits a mountain a voice in the pilots head must at one point
have said are we? and due to lack of situational awarness it was either too
late to react and correct, or a false signal was sent to the pilots and they
continued on it, or how bad can the reslut be syndrom\ how far off can we
really be???
Tareq
>The 737 accident with Brown is indeed a good case to compare to the Cali
>incident. It was, I believe, a steam gauge aircraft. Situational awareness
>seems to be more at the heart of the issue though. NDB approaches offer
>particular difficulty to a good number of pilots. I wonder if this was a
>factor in the 737 accident. (This one I have not read the report on)
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>Donald Anders Talleur email: dtalleur_at_uiuc.edu
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