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Ignore the video title, as it is Bollox. . . but this one is interesting. Saw it on a Non-aviation site earlier, and the comments were hilarious. . . 'The passengers should all be weighed - they were all too heavy. . .' Etc. . . .

 

Bless. . . .

 

 

 

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I don't think there's much in it looking at it from the rear....Initially I thought the flaps were still up, but when you see what it looks like up, you can see the difference.

 

Stills from a youtube clip just before pushback.

 

Flaps up...

 

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could have been a few reasons, wrong weights entered into the FMC, wrong weights given for freight, Flight planning gave incorrect numbers, sudden gusting headwind? wont be the last, Emirates had an issue at Melbourne, but resulted in a tailstrike from over rotation.

 

 

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Someone seemed to realise they were slow. They accelerate better when the nose is not way up at a high angle. It probably flew in ground effect only initially. I don't think it was a gust. The supporting NF pilot calls V1 and rotate from a preset reference. Take off data card or something more "modern". It's a pretty significant "Blue" to get it wrong. V1 is your decision speed.. Go or not go..Nev

 

 

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Doesn't look like a lot of flap, I thought they only had a limited number of positions?

 

Either way, he probably should have had the next one?

 

Was lucky he had the room to set down and get a bit more speed.

 

Also, if the camera was in the same spot, he was taking off opposite the Airbus that landed first?

 

 

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Definitely rotated way early compared to a "normal" takeoff. If you compare the time to the first attempt to rotate to any of the numerous other B737 takeoff videos out there, there's a very big difference.

 

The flaps look like they are at "1" (leading edge flaps/slats partly extended, trailing edge flaps retracted) which is a valid takeoff position.

 

Why did they rotate so early? No idea.

 

Mistook the "V1" call for the "rotate" call maybe?

 

 

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Definitely rotated way early compared to a "normal" takeoff. If you compare the time to the first attempt to rotate to any of the numerous other B737 takeoff videos out there, there's a very big difference.The flaps look like they are at "1" (leading edge flaps/slats partly extended, trailing edge flaps retracted) which is a valid takeoff position.

 

Why did they rotate so early? No idea.

 

Mistook the "V1" call for the "rotate" call maybe?

Us puddlejumper drivers will have to rely upon the experience of you RPT blokes to make any valid comment on that Dutch. . . very interesting all the same. . .

 

 

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The flaps look like they are at "1" (leading edge flaps/slats partly extended, trailing edge flaps retracted) which is a valid takeoff position.

I thought 'Flaps 1' was more a climb-out position, with at least one stage of trailing edge (if not two?) flap for heavy take off and initial climb (below 1000')?

 

 

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On the B737, takeoff with flaps 1 improves the second segment climb performance. What this means is that on certain runways where second segment climb performance is limiting due to obstacles and required climb out gradients but the runway length is sufficient, the takeoff weight can be increased by using flaps 1.

 

On our B737s using runway 35 at Canberra for example, where the second segment is limiting due to the gradient required, using flaps 1 for takeoff gives them an extra 2.8 tonnes of payload.

 

It's not a "common" takeoff flap setting for the B737 as such. They usually use flap 5. But it's an "allowable" one which can be used in certain circumstances. They can use more than flap 5 for takeoff too. That would be if the weight and runway length were performance limiting but the second segment was not.

 

On the B767 the standard takeoff setting was flap 5 but at heavy weights and warm days in Honololu or Tokyo we sometimes had to use flap 10.

 

 

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Sorry, flap 15 on the B767 for runway length/weight limitations. There was no flap 10 setting. Getting confused with my even earlier years on the B747 which does have a flap 10 setting but normally used flap 20 for takeoff. 001_smile.gif.2cb759f06c4678ed4757932a99c02fa0.gif

 

It still looks like they rotated too early even if they had V speeds for the wrong flap setting. The difference is < 10 knots and usually more like 3-4.

 

 

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on 737, 747 and 767, do these numbers for flap mean anything? degrees? or just numbers on a scale? and if so, do they correspond to degrees?

Boeing - roughly correspond to degrees (though the B737 "flaps 5" setting is actually an angle of 12 degrees trailing edge flap).

Airbus - no resemblance whatsoever. Just numbers and words on a lever. Flaps 0, 1, 2, 3, Full.

 

 

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