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I went downstairs to the hotel restaurant and ran into a friend who
recounted a recent experience he had. He was inbound to LAX on the Civet arrival to rwy 25R at night. His FO coupled the autopilot to the ILS about 30 miles out. Approach control pointed out traffic from the northeast that was to join the ILS for the north side's parallel runway. Everything was routine. They were told to switch over to the tower's frequency. Then they saw a bright flash from an explosion on the north side of the terminal. Both of them thought there had been a crash. From here everything happened rapidly. They were staring so hard out the front that they didn't notice the parallel traffic went through the northside localizer and was heading right at them. Then the TCAS went crazy telling them to pull up. Then the autopilot let out with it's loud series of chirps. Then the captain yelled at the FO to pull up because there was no response to the TCAS. The FO yelled back that he thought the captain had the controls. The captain looked out his window to see an A-340 less than 200' below them and it was racked up at big bank angle trying to get back on final for the north runway. Then a frantic radio call came from ATC asking if they were still there. The subsequent investigation revealed an interesting chain of events. The flash came from an exploding electrical transformer. The localizer, glideslope, and ATC radios failed momentarily until back-up power came online. When the localizer signal failed, the A-340's autopilot didn't have anything to intercept and stayed on the intercept angle, which is why it went through the final approach into the south runway's final approach. When the localizer failed, my friend's autopilot didn't kick-off, but changed from approach mode into heading and pitch mode which mimics the ILS in smooth air. The FO heard the autopilot chirps along with the TCAS warnings and figured the captain had assumed control from him. The captain heard the same noises but figured the FO had kicked off the AP to perform the TCAS instructions. It was close. Stay safe. D. |
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It was close. Stay safe.
Holy crap! What an amazing story. We had a Cherokee Six declare an emergency here last week. He was on an Angel Flight from Texas, and started icing up badly. Then his engine lost power (carb ice?) and he was down to 200' AGL before he was able to restart it. He got down okay, badly shaken. The guy didn't even have a coat -- one of the line guys lent him his... -- Jay Honeck Iowa City, IA Pathfinder N56993 www.AlexisParkInn.com "Your Aviation Destination" |
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Jay Honeck writes:
We had a Cherokee Six declare an emergency here last week. He was on an Angel Flight from Texas, and started icing up badly. Then his engine lost power (carb ice?) and he was down to 200' AGL before he was able to restart it. He got down okay, badly shaken. The guy didn't even have a coat -- one of the line guys lent him his... What about his passenger(s)? -- Transpose mxsmanic and gmail to reach me by e-mail. |
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On 9 Mar, 04:34, Mxsmanic wrote:
Jay Honeck writes: We had a Cherokee Six declare an emergency here last week. He was on an Angel Flight from Texas, and started icing up badly. Then his engine lost power (carb ice?) and he was down to 200' AGL before he was able to restart it. He got down okay, badly shaken. The guy didn't even have a coat -- one of the line guys lent him his... What about his passenger(s)? what about the fact that the automatics fjukked up wannabe boi? Bertie |
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In article .com,
"Jay Honeck" wrote: Then his engine lost power (carb ice?) and he was down to 200' AGL before he was able to restart it. Shouldn't that be "induction" icing? |
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"john smith" wrote in message ... In article .com, "Jay Honeck" wrote: Then his engine lost power (carb ice?) and he was down to 200' AGL before he was able to restart it. Shouldn't that be "induction" icing? You say to-mah-to, I say, tom-ah-toe. |
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On Mar 9, 2:34 pm, "Matt Barrow" wrote:
You say to-mah-to, I say, tom-ah-toe. Actually Matt, I think we all say "Jerk Off" to you and your stupid posts. |
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"john smith" wrote in message Shouldn't that be "induction" icing?
The 260 horsepower model was carbeurated. D. |
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"john smith" wrote in message Shouldn't that be "induction" icing?
"Capt.Doug" wrote: The 260 horsepower model was carbeurated. Thank you. |
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Wow! Shows how every little thing can have big consequences.
Jose -- Humans are pack animals. Above all things, they have a deep need to follow something, be it a leader, a creed, or a mob. Whosoever fully understands this holds the world in his hands. for Email, make the obvious change in the address. |
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