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Turkish Airlines 1951

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maintain that altitude. During the approach, the left radio altimeter system displayed an incorrect height of -8 feet. This could be seen on the captain's (left-hand) primary flight display. The first officer's (right-hand) primary flight display, by contrast, indicated the
Open official document at PDF page 7Crashed during approach, Boeing 737-800, near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 25 February 2009

Turkish Airlines 1951

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landing system with the right autopilot engaged, the left radio altimeter system showed an incorrect height of -8 feet on the left primary flight display. This incorrect value of -8 feet resulted in activation of the `retard flare' mode of
Open official document at PDF page 82Crashed during approach, Boeing 737-800, near Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, 25 February 2009

Turkish Airlines 1951

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write that RA system # 1 has suddenly indicated -8 feet Again, -8 feet height is not an incorrect height according to the radio altimeter specification. 100
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Turkish Airlines 1951

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by: "During the accident flight, the left radio altimeter system suddenly indicated an incorrect height of -8 feet on the left primary flight display" Board response: Text has been amended. 19. Remark: "During the accident flight, "The computer wrongly marked
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Turkish Airlines 1951

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system failures Boeing indicated that from 1999 up to 2008 there were 46 reports on incorrect radio height that affected the automatic flight system of the 737 NG fleet. Considering the above and estimating the total number of flight hours
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Turkish Airlines 1951

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Investigations Branch (AAIB) 1. Remark: Paragraph 1.2.4 The altitude of -8ft was not incorrect within the radio altimeter system, it was only incor- rect in the context of the aircraft's true height above ground. Can it then be described as
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