TEG916
Senior Member
This is an interesting one. I think there was more than one mistake that led to this accident.
One thing that caught my interest is that book numbers show the pilot should have had a climb rate of 500 FPM. Some planes climb that slow at sea level if they are heavy. That would not have been a red flag for me before departure unless there were some serious obstacles in the way. The pilot had 2,000’ of runway remaining after his wheels left the ground, so it seems the runway length was sufficient. Clearly a tail wind did not help.
Were there book numbers that far off? Perhaps this was simple forgetfulness and forgetting to lean for high density altitude before takeoff. Thoughts?
One thing that caught my interest is that book numbers show the pilot should have had a climb rate of 500 FPM. Some planes climb that slow at sea level if they are heavy. That would not have been a red flag for me before departure unless there were some serious obstacles in the way. The pilot had 2,000’ of runway remaining after his wheels left the ground, so it seems the runway length was sufficient. Clearly a tail wind did not help.
Were there book numbers that far off? Perhaps this was simple forgetfulness and forgetting to lean for high density altitude before takeoff. Thoughts?
