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Use only when final reports are released or for the process of investigating accidents. Questions inviting speculation or opinions are off-topic.
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Has any accident been prevented by bending or breaking the rules?
First I have to admit that I have no idea what FAA regulations said about passengers taking part in controlling an airplane in 1989, but I guess it was at least frowned upon, even if the passenger hap …
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How do witness marks on propeller blades provide data on estimated blade angles at the time ...
Note that the report says "derived from witness marks on the preload plates", so the investigators did not use witness marks on propeller blades to determine the blade angle. This might have been poss …
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What possible causes can there be for a crash in good weather conditions?
In my opinion the most probable root cause for any of this type of crashes would be insufficient experience.
This can be broken down to four subcategories:
Low overall hours. In this case the pilot s …
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Why are manufacturers assumed to be responsible in case of a crash?
Just to set things straight, accident investigation performed as per ICAO Annex 13 (Aircraft Accident and Incident Investigation) and criminal investigation regarding an aviation accident are separat …
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How do you find the center of gravity of an Anthropomorphic Test Device
The center of gravity of a standing human body is roughly about an inch below navel:
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/physics-and-astronomy/center-of-gravity
For a seated person the CoG is shifted …
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Why did the NTSB issue a full report for this accident?
While at first glance this may seem like a garden variety GA crash, it is not. It has several factors that make it stand out well enough to conduct a full investigation, to find the actual reason for …
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Airplane accidents that happen during take off and landing
The problem in the accident you mentioned was not bad performance of the plane, but the effect the thick snow on the runway had on the plane. Basically a pilot error, or bad info given to the pilot. P …
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