Accidents
TEB crash prompts NTSB safety recommendation
The NTSB issued safety recommendations A-08-48 and -49 on July 17 warning that pilots may decide to abort takeoffs in Bombardier Challengers if the pilots

The NTSB issued safety recommendations A-08-48 and -49 on July 17 warning that pilots may decide to abort takeoffs in Bombardier Challengers if the pilots mistakenly set the pitch trim too far forward, even though the aircraft will lift off at a speed above V2 in that configuration.

When it investigated the Feb. 2, 2005, Challenger 600 aborted takeoff accident at Teterboro (N.J.) Airport, the Safety Board found that “in the mistrim scenario, with the [center of gravity] at the most forward limit and with the horizontal stabilizer at the nose-down limit of the takeoff green band, the airplane did not rotate, even with full nose-up elevator control, until it was significantly above the nominal rotation speed (V2).”

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