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Posts Categorized: Causal Factors

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Causal Factors, Cover Story

Exception to the Rule

When the airplane would not rotate, rejecting the takeoff several seconds after reaching V1 was…

by Mark Lacagnina

Causal Factors

‘Struggling to Find the Runway’

The captain was agitated and disoriented before his Q400 crashed on approach to Kathmandu, accident…

by Linda Werfelman

Runway Safety (approach and landing), Causal Factors

‘Something Was Not Right’

After near-disaster at SFO, the NTSB recommends action to aid in correctly identifying intended landing…

by Linda Werfelman

Causal Factors

For Lack of a Mask

The pilot was not using supplemental oxygen when the Citation’s cabin pressurization system failed at…

by Mark Lacagnina

Causal Factors

Getting Behind the Aircaft

Distracted and task-saturated, a pilot continued an increasing unstabilized approach until he lost control of…

by Mark Lacagnina

Accident/Incident Investigation, Causal Factors

Life Support Shutdown

When the TBM 900 depressurized, the pilot had four minutes to save himself and his…

by Mark Lacagnina

Causal Factors, Cover Story

Copycat Crash?

The captain had been drinking heavily and may have intentionally placed his aircraft into a…

by Mark Lacagnina

Accident Investigation, Causal Factors

Tossed by a Thunderstorm

A regional jet plummeted 4,000 ft in severe turbulence and icing before the pilots regained…

by Mark Lacagnina

Causal Factors

One Down, One to Go

An MD-83 flight crew pressed on after one engine lost power en route, only to…

by Mark Lacagnina

Causal Factors

Deadly Deceleration

A business jet stalled during an unstabilized nonprecision approach and crashed into an apartment building.

by Mark Lacagnina

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