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Aircraft upset

Index Aircraft upset

Aircraft upset is a dangerous condition in aircraft operations in which the flight attitude or airspeed of an aircraft is outside the normal bounds of operation for which it is designed. [1]

54 relations: Adam Air Flight 574, Air France Flight 447, Air Transat Flight 961, Airbus Industrie Flight 129, Airspeed, American Airlines Flight 587, American Eagle Flight 4184, Autopilot, Banked turn, Boeing 707, Boeing 720, Boeing 737 rudder issues, Boeing 747SP, Calspan, China Airlines, China Airlines Flight 006, Coffin corner (aerodynamics), Colgan Air Flight 3407, Douglas DC-8, Eastern Air Lines, Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, Euler angles, Federal Express Flight 705, Flight dynamics (fixed-wing aircraft), Flight envelope, Flight level, Flight recorder, Flightglobal, Gyroscope, Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501, Inertia coupling, Japan Airlines Flight 123, Lake Pontchartrain, List of aircraft upset factors, Loss of control (aeronautics), Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport, McDonnell Douglas DC-10, NASA, Northwest Airlines, Northwest Airlines Flight 705, Pan Am Flight 115, Pan American World Airways, Philippine Airlines Flight 434, Pitot-static system, Royal Aeronautical Society, Stall (fluid mechanics), Trans-Canada Air Lines, Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831, Turkish Airlines Flight 981, TWA Flight 841 (1979), ..., United Airlines, United Airlines Flight 232, USAir Flight 427, 2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident. Expand index (4 more) »

Adam Air Flight 574

Adam Air Flight 574 (KI574 or DHI574) was a scheduled domestic passenger flight operated by Adam Air between the Indonesian cities of Surabaya and Manado that broke up in mid-air and crashed into the Makassar Strait near Polewali in Sulawesi on 1 January 2007.

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Air France Flight 447

Air France Flight 447 (AF447/AFR447) was a scheduled passenger international flight from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil to Paris, France, which crashed on 1 June 2009.

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Air Transat Flight 961

Air Transat Flight 961 was an Air Transat flight from Varadero, Cuba to Quebec City, Canada on March 6, 2005.

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Airbus Industrie Flight 129

Airbus Industrie Flight 129 was an Airbus Industrie A330-321 test flight that ended in a crash on at Toulouse-Blagnac Airport, killing all seven people aboard.

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Airspeed

Airspeed is the speed of an aircraft relative to the air.

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American Airlines Flight 587

American Airlines Flight 587 was a regularly scheduled international passenger flight from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport to Las Américas International Airport in Santo Domingo, capital of the Dominican Republic.

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American Eagle Flight 4184

American Eagle Flight 4184 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Indianapolis, Indiana to Chicago, Illinois, United States.

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Autopilot

An autopilot is a system used to control the trajectory of an aircraft without constant 'hands-on' control by a human operator being required.

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Banked turn

A banked turn (or banking turn) is a turn or change of direction in which the vehicle banks or inclines, usually towards the inside of the turn.

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Boeing 707

The Boeing 707 is a mid-sized, long-range, narrow-body, four-engine jet airliner built by Boeing Commercial Airplanes from 1958 to 1979.

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Boeing 720

The Boeing 720 is a four-engine narrow-body short- to medium-range passenger jet airliner.

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Boeing 737 rudder issues

During the 1990s, a series of rudder issues on Boeing 737 aircraft resulted in multiple incidents.

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Boeing 747SP

The Boeing 747SP is a version of the Boeing 747 jet airliner which was designed for ultra-long-range flights.

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Calspan

Calspan Corporation is a science and technology company founded in 1943 as part of the Research Laboratory of the Curtiss-Wright Airplane Division at Buffalo, New York.

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China Airlines

China Airlines (CAL) is the largest airline of Taiwan.

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China Airlines Flight 006

China Airlines Flight 006 (callsign "Dynasty 006") was a daily non-stop flight from Taipei to Los Angeles International Airport.

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Coffin corner (aerodynamics)

Coffin corner (also known as the aerodynamic ceiling or Q corner) is the region of flight where a fast fixed-wing aircraft's stall speed is near the critical Mach number, at a given gross weight and G-force loading.

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Colgan Air Flight 3407

Colgan Air Flight 3407, marketed as Continental Connection under a codeshare agreement with Continental Airlines, was a scheduled passenger flight from Newark, New Jersey, to Buffalo, New York, which crashed on February 12, 2009.

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Douglas DC-8

The Douglas DC-8 (also known as the McDonnell Douglas DC-8) is an American four-engine long-range narrow-body jet airliner built from 1958 to 1972 by the Douglas Aircraft Company.

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Eastern Air Lines

Eastern Air Lines was a major American airline from 1926 to 1991.

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Eastern Air Lines Flight 304

Eastern Air Lines Flight 304, a Douglas DC-8 flying from New Orleans International Airport to Washington Dulles International Airport, crashed on February 25, 1964.

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Euler angles

The Euler angles are three angles introduced by Leonhard Euler to describe the orientation of a rigid body with respect to a fixed coordinate system.

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Federal Express Flight 705

On April 7, 1994, Federal Express Flight 705, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30 cargo jet carrying electronics equipment across the United States from Memphis, Tennessee to San Jose, California, was nearly hijacked by Auburn Calloway, who the prosecution argued was attempting to commit suicide.

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Flight dynamics (fixed-wing aircraft)

Flight dynamics is the science of air vehicle orientation and control in three dimensions.

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Flight envelope

In aerodynamics, the flight envelope, service envelope, or performance envelope of an aircraft or interplanetary spacecraft refers to the capabilities of a design in terms of airspeed and load factor or atmospheric density, often simplified to altitude for Earth-borne aircraft.

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Flight level

In aviation and aviation meteorology, a flight level (FL) is defined as a vertical altitude at standard pressure, nominally expressed in hundreds of feet.

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Flight recorder

A flight recorder is an electronic recording device placed in an aircraft for the purpose of facilitating the investigation of aviation accidents and incidents.

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Flightglobal

Flightglobal is an online news and information website which covers the aviation and aerospace industries.

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Gyroscope

A gyroscope (from Ancient Greek γῦρος gûros, "circle" and σκοπέω skopéō, "to look") is a device used for measuring or maintaining orientation and angular velocity.

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Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501

Indonesia AirAsia Flight 8501 (QZ8501/AWQ8501) was a scheduled international passenger flight, operated by AirAsia Group affiliate Indonesia AirAsia, from Surabaya, Indonesia, to Singapore.

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Inertia coupling

In aeronautics, inertia coupling is a potentially catastrophic phenomenon of high-speed flight in which the inertia of the heavier fuselage overpowers the aerodynamic stabilizing forces of the wing and empennage.

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Japan Airlines Flight 123

was a scheduled domestic Japan Airlines passenger flight from Tokyo's Haneda Airport to Osaka International Airport, Japan.

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Lake Pontchartrain

Lake Pontchartrain (Lac Pontchartrain) is a brackish estuary located in southeastern Louisiana in the United States.

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List of aircraft upset factors

The U.S. FAA lists factors of aircraft upset in the Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aidhttp://www.faa.gov/other_visit/aviation_industry/airline_operators/training/media/AP_UpsetRecovery_Book.pdf U.S. FAA Airplane Upset Recovery Training Aid, Revision 2, 443 pages, 25.8 MNote: Partial text copied from referenced FAA or NASA document.

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Loss of control (aeronautics)

Loss of control (LOC) is one of the largest contributors to fatal aircraft accidents worldwide and occurs when there is an unintended departure of an aircraft from controlled flight.

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Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport

Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport is an international airport under Class B airspace in Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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McDonnell Douglas DC-10

The McDonnell Douglas DC-10 is a three-engine wide-body jet airliner manufactured by McDonnell Douglas.

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NASA

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the executive branch of the United States federal government responsible for the civilian space program, as well as aeronautics and aerospace research.

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Northwest Airlines

Northwest Airlines Corp. (often abbreviated as NWA and stylized as nwa) was a major United States airline founded in 1926 and absorbed into Delta Air Lines, Inc. by a merger.

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Northwest Airlines Flight 705

Northwest Airlines Flight 705 was a scheduled passenger flight operated on February 12, 1963 which broke up in midair and crashed into the Florida Everglades shortly after take-off from Miami International Airport in a severe thunderstorm.

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Pan Am Flight 115

Pan Am Flight 115, operated by Pan American World Airways Boeing 707-121 N712PA (Clipper Washington), was a commercial flight from Paris via London to New York City.

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Pan American World Airways

Pan American World Airways, originally founded as Pan American Airways and commonly known as Pan Am, was the principal and largest international air carrier in the United States from 1927 until its collapse on December 4, 1991.

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Philippine Airlines Flight 434

Philippine Airlines Flight 434 (PAL434, PR434) was a flight on December 11, 1994 from Cebu to Tokyo on a Boeing 747-283B that was seriously damaged by a bomb, killing one passenger and damaging vital control systems.

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Pitot-static system

A pitot-static system is a system of pressure-sensitive instruments that is most often used in aviation to determine an aircraft's airspeed, Mach number, altitude, and altitude trend.

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Royal Aeronautical Society

The Royal Aeronautical Society, also known as the RAeS, is a British multi-disciplinary professional institution dedicated to the global aerospace community.

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Stall (fluid mechanics)

In fluid dynamics, a stall is a reduction in the lift coefficient generated by a foil as angle of attack increases.

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Trans-Canada Air Lines

Trans-Canada Air Lines (also known as TCA in English, and Air Canada in French) was a Canadian airline that operated as the country's flag carrier.

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Trans-Canada Air Lines Flight 831

Trans-Canada Air Lines (TCA) Flight 831 was a flight from Montréal–Dorval Airport (now Montréal-Trudeau) to Toronto International Airport (now Toronto-Pearson) on November 29, 1963.

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Turkish Airlines Flight 981

Turkish Airlines Flight 981 was a regularly scheduled flight from Istanbul Yesilköy Airport to London Heathrow Airport with an intermediate stop at Orly Airport in Paris.

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TWA Flight 841 (1979)

TWA Flight 841 was a domestic, scheduled passenger flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, en route to Minneapolis-Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

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United Airlines

United Airlines, Inc., commonly referred to as United, is a major United States airline headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

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United Airlines Flight 232

United Airlines Flight 232 was a DC-10, registered as N1819U, that crash-landed at Sioux City, Iowa on July 19, 1989 after suffering catastrophic failure of its tail-mounted engine, which led to the loss of many flight controls.

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USAir Flight 427

USAir Flight 427 was a scheduled flight from Chicago's O'Hare International Airport to Pittsburgh International Airport, with a final destination of West Palm Beach, Florida.

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2003 Baghdad DHL attempted shootdown incident

On 22 November 2003, shortly after takeoff from Baghdad, Iraq, an Airbus A300B4-200F cargo plane owned by European Air Transport (doing business as DHL Express) was struck on the left wing tip by a surface-to-air missile.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_upset

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