AC130J written off

[MartG]

A brand new AC130J has been written off after an incident during testing exceeded its structural limits...

http://foxtrotalpha.jalopnik.com/brand-new-ac-130-...

An expensive mistake

[FourWheelDrift]

Probably not a $115m loss when it's taken apart and the salvaged parts reused but still not good.

Reading it reminds me of the Airbus crash in New York post WTC attack when the co-pilot flying was being overly aggressive with the rudder, but without the loss of tail and following crash.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 18th November 11:34

[IforB]

FourWheelDrift said:

Probably not a $115m loss when it's taken apart and the salvaged parts reused but still not good.

Reading it reminds me of the Airbus crash in New York post WTC attack when the co-pilot flying was being overly aggressive with the rudder, but without the loss of tail and following crash.

Edited by FourWheelDrift on Wednesday 18th November 11:34

A smal point of order. The FO did exactly what he was trained to do, he wasn't overly aggressive, the training was wrong.

[dvs_dave]

He was still being overly aggressive with rudder inputs. Just because he was trained that way doesn't change that fact. The training was a contributing factor, not the cause.

Am I doing this right? Being a hyper-pedant when it comes to anything to do with an aircraft incident on PH?

[Ginetta G15 Girl]

Sounds like a 'Fin Stall' to me.

The Americans have lost a number of Hercules through this.