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Old February 26th 04, 06:40 AM
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"John R Weiss" wrote in message
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"Tarver Engineering" wrote...

According to the ASN Accident Description, "Go-around power was added

at
14.45:35"


The pilot was past the end of the runway by then and into an unmapped

part
of the A-320's flight control system.


What is "an unmapped part of the A-320's flight control system" supposed

to
mean?!?


Airbus hadn't programmed their A-320 to do what the operator commanded.

Just prior to the pilot adding go-around power, the airplane was in an
aerodynamic regime that had been encountered many times previously --

airspeed
between stall and Vref, with a slight rate of descent (approx 375 fpm,

from last
datapoint), engines at idle. How could it be that the flight control

system was
"unmapped" in that aerodynamic regime?!?


That is a good question.

I am quite certain that the A-320's certification included slow flight and
approaches to stalls, and that its flight control system is well able to

handle
them.


Then you have departed from reality.