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Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 Jefferson City, Missouri

Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 Jefferson City, Missouri. Lorenda Ward Investigator-in-Charge. Accident Summary. October 14, 2004 Pinnacle Airlines flight 3701 Bombardier CL-600-2B19 Repositioning flight Two flight crewmembers killed. Events During Takeoff and Climb.

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Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 Jefferson City, Missouri

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  1. Pinnacle Airlines Flight 3701 Jefferson City, Missouri Lorenda Ward Investigator-in-Charge

  2. Accident Summary • October 14, 2004 • Pinnacle Airlines flight 3701 • Bombardier CL-600-2B19 • Repositioning flight • Two flight crewmembers killed

  3. Events During Takeoff and Climb • Cleared to 33,000 feet • Abrupt pitch-up maneuver performed • Stall protection system activated • Flight crew changed seats • Unnecessary high G maneuvers and large rudder inputs made • Requested clearance to 41,000 feet • Autopilot set for vertical speed

  4. At 41,000 Feet • Captain left cockpit • Comments about altitude by flight crew and ATC • Level flight for about 2.5 minutes before requesting a lower altitude • The stick shaker activated 4 seconds later

  5. Upset Event • Four additional stick shaker with stick pusher activations • Aerodynamic stall • Engines flamed out • Flight crew declared an emergency • Flight crew recovered the airplane at 34,000 feet

  6. Emergency Descent • Flight crew members recognized that they had lost both engines • No discussion on potential landing sites • Did not maintain target airspeed • Engine core rotation stayed at zero • Told ATC that they had a single engine failure

  7. Emergency Descent (cont.) • Attempted four APU-assisted restarts • Engines were core locked • Switched back into their correct seats • Told ATC at that time that they had dual engine failure • Passed five airports • Radar contact was lost

  8. Parties to the Investigation • Federal Aviation Administration • Pinnacle Airlines • Air Line Pilots Association • General Electric Aviation • Honeywell • Hamilton Sundstrand • Rockwell Collins

  9. Canadian Support • Accredited Representative -Transportation Safety Board of Canada • Technical Advisors – Transport Canada and Bombardier Aerospace

  10. Office of Aviation Safety Workload • 7 major investigations • 7 major reports • 485 regional investigation launches • 23 foreign investigation launches • 139 safety recommendations

  11. Non-contributing Factors • Flight crew certification • Flight crew fatigue and hypoxia • Airplane • Within regulations • No structural or system failures • Weather

  12. Significant Findings • Flight crew training • High altitude climbs • Stall recognition and recovery • Double engine failure • Flight crew professionalism • Flight crew’s failure to follow SOPs • Core lock phenomenon

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