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Old November 4th 06, 01:21 AM posted to rec.aviation.piloting
Robert M. Gary
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Default American Flight 191 - Recovery Procedure


Jim Macklin wrote:
Yes, a DC-10 at Tulsa had both wing mounted engines fail
after sucking up about 10,000 sparrows. Came around on just
the tail engine.

The problem with flight 191 was that the crew did not know
the slat had retracted. Since lift varies by the sq.root of
the speed, the wing would not be stalled at V2, but with the
slat retracted, the effect was greater than the combined
effect of rudder and aileron anti-roll command. At 300 feet
they just wasn't time to figure it out.


Running both hydralic lines (allowing the slats to retract) within
inches of eash other was perhaps a questional decision.

-Robert