Ameristar 9363 March 2017

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Ameristar 9363 March 2017

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Interesting report just came out from an overrun at Willow Run airport involving an MD-83. Right elevator jammed, aircraft rejected well after V1. Aircraft was full with a college basketball team on board.

Could have been far worse!
https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20170308-0

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https://aviation-safety.net/database/re ... 20170308-0
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Re: Ameristar 9363 March 2017

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Before the “never reject above V1” crowd jumps in here, with a flight control jam like that, what choice did they have? Better to skid off the end than roll the sumbitch over in the air and pile ‘er in.
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Re: Ameristar 9363 March 2017

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From what I read, they literally had no choice, the right elevator was full down and the attempt to rotate was fully counteracted by that. No rotation even with a large control input.
I’ve gone on record saying I always use full length for this very reason, there may come a day when the plane just won’t fly and I would like to think extra runway would be welcomed at that point. I’m sure these guys would’ve preferred to stop on the runway even though it turned out.
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Re: Ameristar 9363 March 2017

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"Unsafe or UNABLE to fly"
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Donald wrote: Mon Mar 11, 2019 7:15 pm "Unsafe or UNABLE to fly"
Did you read the report? It was unable to rotate, therefore unable to fly, which is also unsafe
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Re: Ameristar 9363 March 2017

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Sorry my post was too short.

I was agreeing with the decision to reject above V1, and that was why.
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