Re:The Differences Between the Plane Crash in Tapei and the ...
by foldr on Thursday April 09, 2015 @12:15PM
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>where an experienced crew that were new to the 737-400 misread the vibration instruments,
That's not quite what happened. The vibration instruments on earlier models were known to be unreliable, so the pilot tried to figure out which engine had failed using other indications (I forget which).
Certified passenger turboprop aircraft (ATR-72 included) should be able to maintain altitude, without feathering the failed engine.
I was thinking of British Midlands flight 92, where an experienced crew that were new to the 737-400 misread the vibration instruments, and shut down the wrong engine, at altitude. Poor training on the -400 differences was a major factor.
Experienced pilots do screw up occasionally, but good CRM usually avoids a mistake snowballing into a fatal crash.
In a Cessna 150, I had the window come open on takeoff. Same aircraft, same instructor, same thing happened to my dad years before. He told my dad to "Fly the plane".. I knew not to close the window until at a safe altitude. He just smirked a little.