Final Report MD82 (LZ-LDM) Tarbes France, 16 Jan 2018

Final Report MD82 (LZ-LDM) Tarbes France, 16 Jan 2018

Publication info
Author
AAIU (Bulgaria)
Category
Human Factors Loss of Control
Date of publication
05/06/2020

On 16 January 2018, a McDonnell Douglas MD-82 attempting to land at Tarbes was subject to gross mishandling by the crew and the approach became unstable. A subsequent low level go-around attempt was then made without setting sufficient thrust which resulted in sustained and close proximity to terrain at an airspeed close to stall entry before the required thrust was eventually applied. The Investigation was hindered by non-reporting of the event but was able to conclude that multiple pilot errors in a context of poor crew coordination during the approach had caused confusion when the go around was initiated.

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