"Scott M. Kozel" wrote in
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Government Shill #2 wrote:

George wrote:

I wonder in this example why did the Electra stall and spin?
From my very first lessons it was drilled into my head by all my
instructors "WHEN THE ENGINE FAILS GET THE NOSE DOWN AND FLY THE
AIRPLANE!" I wonder why the Electra didn't remain in a (somewhat)
straight & level attitude? Was the crew too busy, confused, alarmed,
to fly/glide the airplane?

ISTR from reading Air Disasters by Macarthur Jobs, that the Electra
crashed because the birds took out both engines on one side and the
asymmetric thrust of the remaining engines could not be corrected by
the available rudder authority. I may be wrong. It was a long time
ago that I read about it.

Plus the fact that it happened right after takeoff when it was just
above stall speed.


It wouldn't have been just above stal speed, it would have been just
above V2 whihc would have been at least VSO 1.2

http://aviation-safety.net/database/...?id=19601004-0

A few seconds after taking off from runway 05, the Electra struck a
flock of starlings. A number of these birds were ingested in engine
no.1, 2 and 4. Engine no. 1 was shut down and the prop feathered.
Shortly after that the no. 2 and 4 engines experienced a substantial
momentary loss of power. This caused the plane to yaw to the left and
decelerate to stall speed. The left wing then dropped, the nose
pitched up and the L-188 rolled left into a spin and fell almost
vertically into the water.

PROBABLE CAUSE: "The unique and critical sequence of the loss and
recovery of engine power following bird ingestion, resulting in loss
of airspeed and control during takeoff. "


Loss of airspeed due to the loss of three engines. The HP woudl have
been attempting to maintain altitude with a speed trade and no thrust to
spare. He would have entually hit VMC and rolled doing this. Just like
Concorde..


Bertie