Pilots Crash Doing a Go Around / USAir Flight 1016 Crashes in a Neighborhood
Black Box Down
Optimum Pilot Technique
The antisb believes that, based on the weather conditions and their adverse effect on aircraft performance, the flight crew should have completely avoided the convective activity. Simulations reveal that the airplane could have escaped the wind sher encounter if several crew actions had been performed. Lowering the nose to five degrees below the horizon was the most significant factor that prevented the escape. The evidence indicates that the pitch trim had not been changed subsequent to the mist approach. Second, the flight data recorder indicated a positive rate of climb had been established. However, the landing gear was not retracted. And lastly, the pitch attitude of the airplane was not maintained at or near the target of 15 degrees nose up.
