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Old March 8th 08, 12:45 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,aus.aviation
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Default Near crash Luftansa - check video

On Mar 8, 1:01 am, (Ron Lee) wrote:
Sylvia Else wrote:

From the video it looks to me as if the pilot had just used rudder to
point the aircraft down the runway, with wings level, and was about to
touch done. I cannot see why any pilot, experienced or otherwise, would
suddenly apply left ailerons at that point.


Sylvia.


I also see no attempt to lower the right wing to prevent what we saw
happen.

Keep the wings level and guess what happens? Just watch the video.

Ron Lee


G;Day Ron . What you say above is appropriate in a piloting sense.
However, I am very interested to await the publishing of the FDR
parameters .
Not being up to speed on how much aileron authority one has in an
A320 that close to the deck and the squat switched not telling the
computer and other whiz bang gear that may have been disallowing the
pilot and not able to see what the wind socks did at that *precise*
moment.

The rudder did move a tad when going through the flick frame by
frame . He apparently has 17 years with LH How much time on type is
unknown.

But at least he got the pax and hull back without any blood & gore
Still looks like cows guts WX though.

But looks like things got a tad ahead of him/her starting way out as
per the film

Even allowing for the speed of sound to reach that cameras mic it
sounds like he started to spool up at about 100 just BEFORE the left
wing dipped
and had already started to initiate a go around albeit a poofteenth
too late.

If you are Ron Lee the ex test pilot your take on things would be
far more informed than mine