Cause of C130 Crash

[FastEddieB]

This is making the rounds on other forums, but I suspect some pilots and potential pilots may only visit this one, and might otherwise miss it.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/04/19/politics/ ... index.html

Official report:

http://www.airforcemag.com/AircraftAcci ... ALABAD.pdf

Amazing how such a small oversight can lead to such tragic results.

[designrs]

Wow! Small stuff in wrong place. Big problem!!

[FastEddieB]

Wow! Small stuff in wrong place. Big problem!!

I've posted this before, but it always springs to mind following accidents like this...

[HAPPYDAN]

Guess they skipped "Flight Controls Free and Clear" during run-up.

[FastEddieB]

Guess they skipped "Flight Controls Free and Clear" during run-up.

You'd think that would have probably caught it, if its SOP and on the checklist.

I say "probably", because I can envision moving the controls all the way back to the stop, then all the way forward until they stopped, and not catch that the yoke was not moving quite as far forward as it usually did.

Regardless, its often the little things that get you.

[MrMorden]

Here's a similar crash of a Caribou in 1992. The airplane took off with the gust locks installed in the control columns, in spite of TWO highly experienced pilots onboard and (presumably) doing the pre-flight. It's like a commercial for checklists.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YydkHy2P0dU