On 13-Jul-2007, Dave S wrote:

Hawkeye wrote:
Poor crew coordination was the blame for the recent C-5B
crash...both heads down, no one looking out the window to really see
how low and short they were.

I thought "retracting full flaps while below the partial-flaps stall
speed" was a more appropriate description of what happened. The answer
was all over the CAP backchannels within a week.

Dave

Actually the main cause was shutting down one inboard engine that had a
thrust reverser unstowed light, then when they pulled all the throttles back
to idle to begin their descent, whoever was manipulating the throttles mixed
up which engine was shut down and left the good inboard engine throttle at
idle the whole way down, advancing the throttle to the shut-down engine when
they needed power. The heavily loaded jet couldn't keep its airspeed up on
the thrust of only two engines.
Here's a computer recreation of the accident, which the Air Force had
removed from YouTube claiming copyright infringement, so I don't know how
long it'll be available he
http://airlinepilotcentral.com/web_v...061008142.html
Scott Wilson
Appleton, WI