Ghanja Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I was just reading a short article about the A-10C crash which happened back in September. One thing seemed strange to me: "According to the report, the mishap aircraft's stall warning system malfunctioned at 15,000 feet, preventing stall warning tones from functioning properly. Without evidence of additional malfunctions, the mishap pilot continued the FCF. At 34,000 feet, the mishap aircraft experienced a stall that quickly resulted in dual engine failure." That has to be a type error ... [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] .:: My System ::. .:: My Paintings ::.
Slayer Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 If he was climbing to 34k feet and the failure happened as he was passing through 15k whats to understand? All that had failed at 15k was the stall warning tone, not the engines. Those quit at 34k but since the warning system was already failed he had no notice until they just quit on him. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System Specs Intel I7-3930K, Asrock EXTREME9, EVGA TITAN, Mushkin Chronos SSD, 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z series 2133, TM Warthog and MFD's, Saitek Proflight Combat pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip PRO, Windows 7 x64, 3-Asus VS2248H-P monitors, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Obutto cockpit
Kenan Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 But what would Hog do at 34,000 feet? That's pretty high operational/combat altitude even for fighter jets, let alone A10..it would be a challenge to keep it flying above stall-speed even without payload and low fuel. [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] Commanding Officer of: 2nd Company 1st financial guard battalion "Mrcine" See our squads here and our . Croatian radio chat for DCS World
Rainmaker Posted January 13, 2012 Posted January 13, 2012 Your key word in there(or in this cas acronym) is FCF, or Functional Check Flight. FCF's and OCF's require a specific set of parameters and maneuvers and the aircraft either receives a pass or fail. Do not know what the cards say for an A-10's FCF, but it very well could require some types of checks at or above the 34K mark.
Slayer Posted January 14, 2012 Posted January 14, 2012 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairchild_Republic_A-10_Thunderbolt_II#Specifications_.28A-10A.29 Says the service ceiling is 45,000 feet...not that anything on the internet is gospel but It's possible [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] System Specs Intel I7-3930K, Asrock EXTREME9, EVGA TITAN, Mushkin Chronos SSD, 16GB G.SKILL Ripjaws Z series 2133, TM Warthog and MFD's, Saitek Proflight Combat pedals, TrackIR 5 + TrackClip PRO, Windows 7 x64, 3-Asus VS2248H-P monitors, Thermaltake Level 10 GT, Obutto cockpit
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