A321 d'Aigle Azur : rude atterrissage : Alger ; rapport BEA

Bonjour, chers tous.

Lien:
http://www.flightglobal.com/articles/2009/02/09/322272/inquiry-a321-landed-hard-after-uncomfortable-pilot-forgot-to-retard-throttle.html
DATE:09/02/09. SOURCE:Air Transport IntelligenceInquiry: A321 landed hard after 'uncomfortable' pilot forgot to retard throttle
By David Kaminski-Morrow

Investigation into a hard landing at Algiers by an Aigle Azur Airbus A321 have discovered that the pilot failed to retard the throttles, having earlier complained that he was uncomfortable flying the jet from the right-hand seat.

Sans commentaire. Que disent les "experts" ?

France's Bureau d'Enquetes et d'Analyses says the pilot - who had 1,200hr on type and 6,200hr in total - had never flown the A321 in the right-hand seat as a co-pilot, and expressed unease "several times" during the approach to runway 23.
The auto-thrust was operating in the 'managed' regime. At 1,300ft the pilot disconnected the autopilot but kept auto-thrust engaged.
Just after the jet started to flare, three automatic 'retard' call-outs sounded at a height of 20ft. But the aircraft's throttle levers were still in the 'climb' position when it touched down, at a descent rate of 600ft/min, and bounced.

Sans commentaire. Que disent les "experts" ?

Its spoilers did not deploy and the thrust increased to 50% of N1. The A321 flew for about 3s, and rose to a height of 7ft, before the pilot reduced the throttles to 'idle' and the spoilers activated.
Engine thrust reached 57% of N1 before dropping. As the aircraft descended, the pilot increased its pitch but the aircraft contacted the runway with a descent rate of 850ft/min and a 3.3g impact. About 1.5s after this second touchdown, the aircraft's pitch passed through the limit of 9.8° and the rear fuselage hit the runway. Nose-gear touchdown came 11s after the second main-gear contact.

Sans commentaire. Que disent les "experts" ?

"Undoubtedly pre-occupied by his lack of ease with right-hand flying,

Qui est d'accord avec le "sans doute" inscrite dans le rapport du BEA? Qui n'est pas satisfait de ce genre de rédaction, du BEA ?

......the pilot forgot to set the thrust levers to 'idle'," says the BEA, in an inquiry report into the 8 January 2008 event. "The non-flying pilot did not notice this anomaly."

Sans commentaire. Que pensent les "experts" des données présentées ici ? Cette rédaction, est-elle satisfaisante ?

It states that the failure by the non-flying pilot to mention deployment of the spoilers "did not alert" the flying pilot to the high descent rate that preceded the second touchdown.

Que pensent les "experts" de cette omission du "non-flying pilot" (soit du point : 'failure by the non-flying pilot to mention deployment of the spoilers "did not alert" the flying pilot to the high descent rate that preceded the second touchdown.' ... ?). Que pensent-ils de la rédaction ?

The BEA highlights the lack of recent experience of the pilot in right-hand seat flying, but points out that the non-flying pilot felt his colleague had "no particular difficulties" in handling the aircraft.

"Pas de difficultés particulières" ! Cette rédaction du BEA, est-elle satisfaisante ?

As a result of the tail-strike, the aircraft suffered wear across 2m (6.5ft) of its fuselage underside, including damage to some of its frames.

Réactions ?

Salut Sevrien,

Je fais le ménage ?

Surement un manque de pratique ...
Et les simulateurs ça sert à quoi !