Colgan Air Flight 3407, a Dash-8, crashed in Buffalo, New York on February 12, 2009, due to an unrecoverable stall in icing conditions. This particular crash has been the main topic in many classrooms and discussions over the years due to the different elements and human errors that contributed to the accident. After being cleared for the instrument approach into Buffalo, the aircraft began pitching and rolling. During this time, the aircraft entered a nose-high position, which was so steep, that the stick-shaker activated, indicating a stall. Instead of pushing forward (corrective action for a stall), the pilot pulled back on the yoke, further increasing the stall, by which the plane essentially fell out of the sky and crashed. Through the accident investigation, it was found the pilot fatigue was one of the main contributing factors to the accident. The night before the accident, the captain “slept” in the Newark …show more content…
The first pillar of the SMS model, “policy” establishes a safety commitment, and different ways to meet that commitment. Looking back, in hindsight, we can see many things that should have been included in Colgan Air’s policy. The first thing should be the ban of pilot sleeping in the airport. Fatigue, in this accident and many others, is a serious problem, that had the pilots not been fatigued, they could have possibly recovered the plane. Through the investigation it was also found that the captain had failed three check rides (NTSB). Colgan Air could have taken into consideration the amount of check rides that they will allow pilots to fail, while still allowing them to act as a pilot for the airline. Included in the policy should have been something detailing how pilots should handle icing conditions and ensure that they have proper training for such events. This is part of the standardized training and the
Throughout his years in the Air Force Chuck flew some of the most dangerous and experimental planes. In one incident, Chuck was flying towards the sun and could not see his instrument panel.
The Colgan Air Flight 3407 was a very interesting case to look at. On February 12, 2009, at 10:17 pm, flight 3407 crashed at a house in New York after the pilots experience a stall. Flight 3407 was scheduled to fly from Newark, New Jersey to Buffalo, New York. The NTSB reported the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) revealed some discrepancies both pilots were experience. The first officer did not have any experience with icing condition but icing was one of the reasons the plane went into a stall. On the other hand, the captain had some experience flying in icing condition. The captain was experiencing fatigue, which indeed, made him unfit to recover from a stall. With that in mind, the Human Factor Analysis Classification System (HFACS) will give insight of some errors both pilots made.
In the movie The Snow Walker, Charlie’s character was put to a great test when his Norseman aircraft crashed in the harsh and frigid Arctic wasteland.
In conclusion, many contribution factors led to the Crossair flight 3597 crash but is mainly triggered by Crossair’s incapability of assessment, pilot error and lastly the air traffic controller. Analysis of a flight crash is important so that we will know the causes, thus being able tackle it, making sure that there are no other flight crashes like Crossair flight 3597.
Moreover, after the investigation was conducted, the NTSB had issued safety recommendations for the FAA to consider. The FAA had considered some of NTSB safety recommendations, for example, improving the mechanical procedure of locking and stronger latches for oversized cargo doors. One can agree that survivals of Flight 811 would remember that day.
Safety in the ethics and industry of aerospace technology is of prime importance for preventing tragic malfunctions and crashes. Opposed to automobiles for example, if an airplane breaks down while in mid-flight, it has nowhere to go but down. And sadly it will often go down “hard” and with a high probability of killing people. The Engineering Code of Ethics states first and foremost that, “Engineers shall hold paramount the safety, health and welfare of the public.” In the aerospace industry, this as well holds very true, both in manufacturing and in air safety itself. Airline safety has recently become a much-debated topic, although arguments over air safety and travel have been going ...
The novel Flight by Sherman Alexie is a story about a time traveling Indian foster kid who goes to shoot up a bank, but instead he gets transported through time and receives valuable lessons on how to deal with his main issue of abandonment. Every time he leaps into a new body the lessons get progressively difficult. Yet when he jumps into the last body, he must face the person that he blames the most, his father.
The decision making process that was observed in this film was the captain of the team taking a stand and becoming the leader of the group to help everything run smoothly. He took over and made sure everyone who needs help was helped. He also got everyone together to search for any surviving passengers and to start looking for was to get help. Individuals had to put their own pride and fear aside in order for others to survive in the harsh conditions they were in. With the weather and amount of people they had to dig up clothing from any luggage close by. They band together to scramble for food and water, they used their resources to provide themselves with the necessi...
The 25th of September proved to be a tragic day in the legacy of Big Island Air. The final report from the NTSB included that the likely cause of the accident was the pilot’s poor decision to fly into known instrument meteorological conditions of the cloud covered terrain. The final report also concluded that the pilot’s failure to navigate properly and a direct disregard for standard operation procedures were all contributing factors. The pilot’s blatant disregard for flying into instrument meteorological conditions while operating under VFR rules and failing to ever obtain a weather brief all played a major role in this tragic disaster.
...e ultimately saved that flight. Before getting back into the plane, he could have taken a moment to walk around and look at how the snow was affecting the wings. He would have seen that snow was collecting on the surface and could have made a decision to have the plane de-iced and had a coat of anti-ice on. They could have been more patient with the plow truck. Gave the plow truck more time to clear the runway then get off. Then he would have never had to turn off the engine bleeds to obtain a shorter take off distance. The pilot could have made a decision to hold off on the departure till the weather got better. With the ceiling at 900 feet and visibility at 1 ¼ doesn’t offer much room for error. I feel as if the pilots had made a decision to change at least one of these things, the plane would have never crashed. It is a good learning experience for other pilots.
The weekend of the 3rd of March the Red Bull Crashed Ice was held in Ottawa for the first time for the 150th anniversary of Canada. The event was held downtown Ottawa beside the Fairmont Chateau Laurier Hotel near the Parliament. Cassidy, Noor and I bused all the way to the Rideau as a meeting point since we were coming from different parts of the city. It was pretty easy to navigate ourselves into the city since pretty much everywhere near the event was blocked with policeman controlling the circulation and telling people where to go. Normally those streets would be filled with cars but the planning committee did well by closing them. We all met around 4h00pm that Saturday for some pre-event ideas we had in mind. With the opened gates at 4
It is not necessarily a poor choice to make an aviation incident newsworthy, but rather the public should realize that if the news reported every car crash, there would be no possibility of reporting everything; but,
Flight 90 and American Eagle Flight 4184 offer prime examples of icing-related crashes. On January 13, 1982, an Air Florida 737 crashed into the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. when the crew forgot to turn on the deicing equipment. In this accident, both procedure and weather were the main contributing factors. This accident could have been avoided if proper procedure was followed in deicing.... ...
According to Evan (2003), the expansion of the air travel, operational demands and the higher-level aviation technology have all advanced and they maybe result in increased levels of pilot fatigue and error rates (Evans, 2003). Fatigue may build up slowly over several working days. Or, quickly after hard physical or mental works. One of the major factors in air transportation systems accident causation is the effects of fatigue on pilots, but the contribution of fatigue to accidents is often underestimated in official reporting.
Being involved in an airplane accident is a nightmare scenario for any air travelers, crew and pilots alike. Statistically air travel is among the safest means of transport, but at the same time it is also associated with sporadic accidents that have proven to be extremely terrifying ordeals for all those involved due to a vast array of reasons. The causes of these accidents are of varying nature and depend on some problems that are originated during some stage of the flight process.