NTSB Colgan Air Crash Animation Flight 3407

Visit http://www.avweb.com and search "3407" for more. The NTSB's animation derived from information taken from the Colgan Air Flight 3407 cockpit voice recorder and flight data recorder.

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[bethpage89]

Not many turbopropeller aircraft have autothrottles. The pilots control the power.

[billvon2]

>it was a tail stall.

In a tail stall, the plane pitches nose-down violently as it loses the negative lift of the horizontal stabilizer. It is brought about by high speeds, flap actuation and high power settings in combination with heavy tailplane icing.

In this case, the nose came _up_ as speed decayed and flaps came down. That is the opposite of what you would expect with a tail stall. In addition, the rolling you see is characteristic of a wing, not a tail, stall.

[myHome109]

The icing conditions and the control response in this video looks a lot like the NASA experiment on Tail Plane Icing Stall. Please go watch the NASA Tailplane Icing Video Glenn Research Center by airboyd 2 yr ago 23.21 min..

[LateNightCable]

The Dash 8 is a sleek looking plane, but doesn't have sufficient wing surface to save itself from such a desperate situation, pilot error or not, that's my opinion... I wouldn't want to be flying one of those shits on a cold dark night.

[mightybedbugs]

God Imagine being on that death trap. Everything is normal. You feel the plane slow down. Then it slows way down.. Jerks. Starts dropping. And while dropping, the plane flips all around. You know your fate is sealed and there is nothing you can do about it. All others on board know too. Everyone is screaming in sheer terror of death. How truly horrifying.

[dieselphiend]

@Jimmy81691 your support for your government handlers is disgusting...

[Jimmy81691]

@dieselphiend your insanity is hilarious

[dieselphiend]

How convenient for the US Government that Beverly Eckert, a leading 9/11 Truther was on that plane.

Plane crashes are one of the favorite assassination methods of intelligence agencies, as most planes can be completely taken over remotely with the on-board Home Run systems.

[BMWMarv]

@hollowpoint45acp I get your point, but do a search on "Crop Duster Negotiating Power Lines", and watch the video posted by tjodalv44 before putting down cropdusters... maybe say he shouldn't have been in command of a Hoveround...

[DarkxSpirit2014]

i remember this day so clearly. I live less than a mile from where the crash was and the whole ground shook and you saw the explosion and everything; it was so scary. And all those people lost their lives because of dumbfuck poilots screwing up- good job Colgan...

[hollowpoint45acp]

pilot's history is clear--never should've been in command of a cropduster, let alone a common carrier