Pilots Crash Doing a Go Around / USAir Flight 1016 Crashes in a Neighborhood
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The Captain Testified He Was Not Disoriented in This Moment
The pitch attitude transition from 15 degrees nose up to five degrees nose down over seven seconds. The captain testified he was not disoriented in this moment, but nevertheless, the n t s b believes that since neither crew member reported seeing the air speed decreasing prior to the command, the captain might have been adversely affected by sensory illusion. It's called a somatograpic illusion. And it can cause a pilot o, cause a person to think that they're in like a nose up or a pitch up sensation when they really aren't.
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