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Delta MD-88 Skidding on Takeoff
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The "Mad Dog" has a nose wheel position indicator. Didn't confirm position! Poor technique and judgement.......plus the fact that the crew initially aborted the take off....then continued the take off.....what gives!
Tks Phil, I thought I was imagining things at first but looked to me like they initially aborted or at least pulled back power too, before going on.
What about a different possibility? A smooth skid generated a lot of smoke. Pilots were looking down the runway, did not see the smoke as it was behind them? What might they have felt or heard that would have them think abort takeoff and return to gate?
Yes from the outside what we see is obvious and wants me to get tires checked. However, did the crew see the same thing? Watch the video, do you think a crew concentrating on a takeoff would have been looking out the windows to see the back of the aircraft? Would they have seen any smoke?
What about others that witnessed the smoke? The other aircraft waiting to take off, should they have made a radio call to notify delta they smoked the tires? What about the tower did they see the smoke and not tell them?
Is there a different possibility besides the crew was to concerned with the schedule or wanting to get home at all costs that they did something questionable, unsafe, or unprofessional? As I was not there, I do not know what they experienced. However, there is always a different point of view.
Yes from the outside what we see is obvious and wants me to get tires checked. However, did the crew see the same thing? Watch the video, do you think a crew concentrating on a takeoff would have been looking out the windows to see the back of the aircraft? Would they have seen any smoke?
What about others that witnessed the smoke? The other aircraft waiting to take off, should they have made a radio call to notify delta they smoked the tires? What about the tower did they see the smoke and not tell them?
Is there a different possibility besides the crew was to concerned with the schedule or wanting to get home at all costs that they did something questionable, unsafe, or unprofessional? As I was not there, I do not know what they experienced. However, there is always a different point of view.
That's the best point yet wx1996.
Often, with a wet runway and slick conditions at the end of the runway(that paint is slippery!) when an MD-80 makes that 90 degree turn to lineup for take off, the nose tire will slide along the pavement. If you turn the nose tiller far enough, only one wheel actually contacts the runway surface. With less contact, the jet will really slide. Now if we can feel that in the cockpit on a slick runway, believe me, you will know it on a dry runway like in he video. Pilots do not need to see smoke to know something is amiss. Just sayin'....
They couldn't have seen the smoke, but I would say it's impossible to have not felt it.
I'm not a mechanic, but with that wheel being pushed at that angle, there was probably a great chance of cracking the pin on the link, and then maybe losing steering control.
I'm not a mechanic, but with that wheel being pushed at that angle, there was probably a great chance of cracking the pin on the link, and then maybe losing steering control.