aerobubba(at)earthlink.ne
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 Posted: Thu Aug 31, 2006 6:15 am Post subject: Lex |
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| Quote: | ...causing him to abort and go off the end of the runway (I'm sure his
accelerate/stop distance was more than the runway length). If he had kept
going on the takeoff he probably would have been able to rotate and get off
the ground in the 3,500 feet he had. Bad day for all.
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As I understand it, the plane did roll off the end of the rwy, became
airborne, and came down a mile off the end of the rwy.
| Quote: | > He was probably still a little below V1
But did he reach or pass Vrto?
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You're probably thinking of V1.
If memory serves, the 2 rwys at LEX cross at about the highest point on the
field. That point is about mid field for the short rwy. The T/O roll
would climb about six feet to the apex of that rwy, which would decrease
normal accelleration, and then descend nine feet to the other end. In
pre-dawn dark, with light rain, one could not see the other end of either
rwy. One could speculate that once one was far enough down the rwy to see
the far end, and had enough time to go through the 'what the...' process,
there was no way to stop in the rwy remaining. Also, that particular rwy
is restricted to day vmc ops, and there seems to have been only one
controller on duty vs the 2 required by FAA policy. There's no telling
what other factors might be in the error chain.
A very sad day, indeed.
glen matejcek
aerobubba(at)earthlink.net
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