Air Crash Investigation

[silverfoxcc]

Just been watching the episode @ Fight for Control' about an Reve Aleutian L188 losing a lot gf control systems

One of the pilots, Gary Lintner, is a complete hoot as he describes the flight

[J4CKO]

Will give it a watch, love Air Crash Investigation.

[Krikkit]

Just finished this one, great episode, remarkable piece of luck that the prop didn't cut the control cables though, incredible.

[FourWheelDrift]

That aircraft is still flying too - https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/c-ghzi

History - https://www.planelogger.com/Aircraft/Registration/...

[PurpleTurtle]

I love Air Crash Investigations, have it on constant series link.

Wife hates it as she is a nervous flyer at best of times.

We have an in joke that whenever she goes for a girls night out I do what all men do when left alone .... fire up P0rnHub Air Crash Investigations!

[silverfoxcc]

Also the Air hostess

I could see the ocean through the floor!!!

[FourWheelDrift]

silverfoxcc said:

Also the Air hostess

I could see the ocean through the floor!!!

Didn't the flight engineer and the air hostess who were together when the prop came off marry?

[Krikkit]

FourWheelDrift said:

Didn't the flight engineer and the air hostess who were together when the prop came off marry?

Apparently so, nice result

[Scabutz]

Anyone know where I can watch more of this? Bit obsessed with it now and Sky aren't showing them fast enough. I have Disney+ which has Nat Geo but its not on there. I found some on YouTube but the quality is st.

[cuprabob]

Scabutz said:

Anyone know where I can watch more of this? Bit obsessed with it now and Sky aren't showing them fast enough. I have Disney+ which has Nat Geo but its not on there. I found some on YouTube but the quality is st.

I've been watching some of these in the afternoon at 2pm and 3pm on the Nat Geo channel on Sky.

[Scabutz]

cuprabob said:

I've been watching some of these in the afternoon at 2pm and 3pm on the Nat Geo channel on Sky.

Ta, Sky hadn't series linked them for some reason. Was only getting one a day. See 5th April new season starts

[MB140]

A lot of these used to be YouTube. Might be worth having a look on there.

[Scabutz]

What I find interesting watching these is a the investigation and how they find stuff, but also the reason for some of the major crashes, of Western airlines. So ones that have good procedures and maintenance records etc.

Most surprising was the crash in Queens not long after 9/11. Because it got caught in a bit of Jetwash and the FO had received some bad training he managed to snap the vertical stabiliser off by over use of the rudder.

[cherryowen]

One of the most unsettling ones I remember watching was one concerning a Bergan Air flight out of the Dominican Republic.

Crash caused by a tiny wasp nest in a pitot tube

[Magnum 475]

cherryowen said:

One of the most unsettling ones I remember watching was one concerning a Bergan Air flight out of the Dominican Republic.

Crash caused by a tiny wasp nest in a pitot tube

I must respectfully disagree. Crash caused by a wasp nest in the pitot tube causing an ASI to read incorrectly, followed more importantly by the flight crew not dealing with the situation correctly. AKA, small technical failure leads to flight crew losing the plot.

Their first opportunity to deal with the problem was to stop during the take-off roll, when it became clear that there was an issue with at least one ASI.

Their next opportunity was in flight, when the first officer's ASI was giving a sensible reading, but the Captain's ASI was clearly wrong.

Their further opportunity was to 'fly the numbers' - i.e ignore the ASIs and set power & pitch for the desired flight performance and ignore the ASI readings completely.

ASI failure is part of basic PPL training, and should also be covered in simulator training for commercial crews. It absolutely should not cause a crash under any circumstances.

[Eric Mc]

There are lots of even better air accident reviews available from professional pilots on You Tube. These also include light aircraft and general aviation accidents (of which there are plenty) and I find them more informative than what is shown on more mainstream TV.

[832ark]

Eric Mc said:

There are lots of even better air accident reviews available from professional pilots on You Tube. These also include light aircraft and general aviation accidents (of which there are plenty) and I find them more informative than what is shown on more mainstream TV.

Blancolirio on YouTube is great, for anyone that hasn’t seen it.

[Eric Mc]

Yes - I enjoy his accident reviews a lot.

[tobinen]

Dan Gryder is one of my regular viewings amongst others as Juan Browne.

He's really not happy with the NTSB

[Brother D]

Couple of channels I follow

This guy narrates but keeps it short
https://youtu.be/JtWa8kbCNH4

I have always dismissed channels that us cgi/msflight but its a quick run down of the flight and investigation
https://youtu.be/hKiezMjgPCI