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Colgan Air 3407

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captain's inappropriate response to the activation of the stick shaker, which led to an aerodynamic stall from which the airplane did not recover. Contributing to the accident were (1) the flight crew's failure to monitor airspeed in relation to the
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Colgan Air 3407

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sound similar to the stick shaker. (The stick shaker warns a pilot of an impending wing aerodynamic stall17 through vibrations on the control column, providing tactile and aural cues.) The CVR also recorded a sound similar to the autopilot disconnect
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Colgan Air 3407

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airplane-nose-down control column input to decrease the wing angle-of-attack [AOA] after an aerodynamic stall.) About 2216:37, the first officer told the captain that she had put the flaps up. FDR data confirmed that the flaps had begun to retract by
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Colgan Air 3407

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nose-down input to both control columns after an AOA threshold has been reached and an aerodynamic stall has occurred.50 The stick pusher thus provides pilots with a tactile cue that they need to push forward on the control column to
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Colgan Air 3407

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accelerations derived from load factor and attitude data, respectively)86 defining the trim 82 Aerodynamic stall depends on AOA and occurs at basically the same AOA regardless of load factor. A load factor greater than 1 G, generated by either a
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Colgan Air 3407

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position) and adding power would result in the airplane continuing to increase AOA up to an aerodynamic stall. However, the Q400 simulation airplane with a conservative icing accumulation factor of 0.3 still had adequate performance capability, with appropriate pitch axis
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