Re:Embraer Phenom 300 yaw damper fail due to loss of GPS sig...
by raverbashing on Saturday September 17, 2016 @04:08PM
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See the other links around, there's a Garmin manual showing the failure modes regarding loss of GPS data (even some people saying loss of GPS only should not cause YD failure)
And it's AF447
Loss of attitude info is a serious business, in the worst case the pilot may be left to fly only "raw data" and using the backup "steam gauge" instruments, because the displays and automation will stop working. Such event is no cake on a big jet, even during daylight, perfect weather and with the crew perfectly current and capable to fly like that.
Murphy will have it that it happens during night, in a storm and most crews today are trained to rely on the automation and rarely getting to hand fly, even less raw data, without any of the computers. The result will be another AF443 ...