04-07-2013, 03:45 AM
Okay, so I've been an avid flight simmer for over 10 years now, but never before have I experienced what happened earlier today.
I'm flying a nearly fully loaded A321 on an ILS for Runway 7 at DEN.
I decide to disengage the auto-approach a little earlier than usual because I was sort of high. I then proceeded to deploy the speed-brake and pull
throttle idle to help bring the the plane more in line with the glide-slope.
I keep it above 160 knots the entire time, but apparently the Airbus (with the mind of it's own) thinks I'm approaching stall speed and does the whole
AFLOOR thing, pulling the throttle to 100%.
Then things get kind of weird. The co-pilot announces "Go Around Initiated." I still attempt to salvage the approach by regaining manual control of
the throttle, but while I'm doing this, the plane starts diving towards the ground (steep, but not too steeply).
I instantly pull back on the stick, to no avail, and double-check that the autopilot was off (which it was). However, I'm getting closer and closer to the ground, and pulling back does nothing.
It's not until I get to a few hundred feet AGL that the plane kicks into the "manual control." However, as I'm pulling the stick back, the plane
instantly points up into a stall. I then push back down, attempting to gain airspeed, but I'm dangerously low to the ground. I was very close to recovering, but the plane crashed into a house, killing the crew and over half the passengers on-board.
The whole thing really took me by surprise. I understand I probably went too slow on the approach, causing the Airbus to automatically throttle up.
However, I have 2 main questions:
1.) How can I quickly recover manual control over the throttle?
2.) How come the plane entered an irrecoverable dive?
It occurred to me, during the dive, that I could disengage the fly-by-wire system on the overhead panel, thus overriding any issues. However, I was low to the ground, and I still thought I had time to recover using the fly-by-wire system.
Anyways, that was my harrowing tale.
Thanks for the help!
Post Edited ( 07-04-13 04:53 )
I'm flying a nearly fully loaded A321 on an ILS for Runway 7 at DEN.
I decide to disengage the auto-approach a little earlier than usual because I was sort of high. I then proceeded to deploy the speed-brake and pull
throttle idle to help bring the the plane more in line with the glide-slope.
I keep it above 160 knots the entire time, but apparently the Airbus (with the mind of it's own) thinks I'm approaching stall speed and does the whole
AFLOOR thing, pulling the throttle to 100%.
Then things get kind of weird. The co-pilot announces "Go Around Initiated." I still attempt to salvage the approach by regaining manual control of
the throttle, but while I'm doing this, the plane starts diving towards the ground (steep, but not too steeply).
I instantly pull back on the stick, to no avail, and double-check that the autopilot was off (which it was). However, I'm getting closer and closer to the ground, and pulling back does nothing.
It's not until I get to a few hundred feet AGL that the plane kicks into the "manual control." However, as I'm pulling the stick back, the plane
instantly points up into a stall. I then push back down, attempting to gain airspeed, but I'm dangerously low to the ground. I was very close to recovering, but the plane crashed into a house, killing the crew and over half the passengers on-board.
The whole thing really took me by surprise. I understand I probably went too slow on the approach, causing the Airbus to automatically throttle up.
However, I have 2 main questions:
1.) How can I quickly recover manual control over the throttle?
2.) How come the plane entered an irrecoverable dive?
It occurred to me, during the dive, that I could disengage the fly-by-wire system on the overhead panel, thus overriding any issues. However, I was low to the ground, and I still thought I had time to recover using the fly-by-wire system.
Anyways, that was my harrowing tale.
Thanks for the help!
Post Edited ( 07-04-13 04:53 )