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  2. Position error - Wikipedia

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    The system error, including position error, ..., may not exceed three percent of the calibrated airspeed or 5 knots (9.3 km/h), whichever is greater, throughout the [operating speed range for the aircraft].

  3. Martin 4-0-4 - Wikipedia

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    Like the earlier 2-0-2, the 4-0-4 was a cantilever monoplane with a standard tail unit (cantilever tailplane and single vertical stabilizer). It had an airstair in the lower tail section for passenger boarding and disembarkation, retractable tricycle landing gear and was powered by two Pratt & Whitney R-2800-CB16 radial piston engines.

  4. 1931 Jinan plane crash; 1946 Railway Air Services Dakota crash; 1954 BOAC Lockheed Constellation crash; 1956 Cairo TAI Douglas DC-6 crash; 1970 Stockholm Spantax Convair CV-990 crash; 1974 EgyptAir Tupolev Tu-154 crash; 1975 Agadir Royal Air Maroc Boeing 707 crash; 1983 Madrid Airport runway collision; 1991 Vallejo helicopter crash; Airbus ...

  5. Flight with disabled controls - Wikipedia

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    The rear main cabin floor collapsed and severed all flight controls. While the plane went into a vertical dive, the captain called for "Speed!", meaning increasing engine thrust to push the plane's nose up. The plane began to level out, but had lost too much altitude and slammed into the Ermenonville Forest.

  6. Pilot's medical emergency forced 'miracle' landing at PBIA ...

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    On May 5, 2022, Allen flew the Cessna 208 Grand Caravan to The Bahamas with the plane's owner, their family and Harrison to drop them off for a vacation and a fishing trip for Harrison. He flew ...

  7. List of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft

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    This list of accidents and incidents involving commercial aircraft includes notable events that have a corresponding Wikipedia article. Entries in this list involve passenger or cargo aircraft that are operating commercially and meet this list's size criteria—passenger aircraft with a seating capacity of at least 10 passengers, or commercial cargo aircraft of at least 20,000 lb (9,100 kg).

  8. Single-event upset - Wikipedia

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    The possibility of a single-event upset is suggested by the difference in votes being equivalent to a power of two, 2 12. [5] On October 7, 2008, Qantas Flight 72 at 37,000 feet, one of the plane's three air data inertial reference units had a failure, causing incorrect data to be sent to the plane's flight control systems. This caused pitch ...

  9. List of aircraft structural failures - Wikipedia

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    Faulty repair after same plane suffered a tailstrike: the rear bulkhead failed which caused the tail fin to fall off and rupture all four hydraulic systems. The crash remains the deadliest single-aircraft accident in aviation history. 1987-11-28 South African Airways Flight 295: Indian Ocean, 134 nautical miles (248 km) north-east of Mauritius,