LOT POLISH AIRLINES – BOEING B767-300 (SP-LPA) flight LOT2

by | Aug 18, 2017 | Aviation Incident | 0 comments

LOT Polish Airlines flight LOT2 , a Boeing 767-300 (registration SP-LPA, serial number 24865) departed from Chicago, O’Hare International Airport and was destined for Warsaw, Poland.

At 2203 Eastern daylight time, while the aircraft was in level cruise flight in the vicinity of North Bay, Ontario, the captain’s airspeed indicator suddenly increased above the maximum operating speed, and an overspeed warning was triggered.

The flight crew of LOT Polish Airlines flight LOT2 reduced thrust to flight idle and initiated a climb. As the aircraft slowed, the overspeed warning stopped.

The LOT Polish Airlines flight LOT2 crew maintained the nose-up attitude with the reduced thrust setting but the captain’s indicated airspeed suddenly increased again, causing a second overspeed warning.

As the flight crew reacted to the second overspeed warning, a simultaneous activation of the stick shaker occurred.

During the incident , LOT Polish Airlines flight LOT2 climbed from 33 000 to 35 400 feet above sea level (asl) and then descended to approximately 27900 feet agl.

The crew diverted to the Toronto/Lester B. Pearson International Airport where the aircraft landed safely. There was no damage to the aircraft and none of the 10 crew members and 206 passengers were injured.

  • There was a fault within the phase locked loop (PLL) circuitry of the ADC which resulted in sudden and erroneous airspeed and altitude indications on the captain’s instruments.
  • The readings on the captain’s instruments were not compared to those on the firstofficer’s or the standby instruments. Consequently, the crew believed the captain’s instruments to be correct and made control inputs that resulted in significant altitude and airspeed deviations.

 

  • LOT Polish Airlines initial and recurrent flight training syllabus does not include practical training for an overspeed warning event. Consequently, flight crews may respond improperly and exacerbate the situation.
  • Although revision 5 of the Boeing SB 767-34A0332 requires changes to chapters of the FCOM, it does not specify what the changes should be. Therefore some manuals may not be properly amended, thereby increasing the risk of crews being ill-informed of the status of the aircraft they operate.
  • The LOT Polish Airlines FCOM incorrectly states that the IAS DISAGREE and ALT DISAGREE EICAS messages will not be displayed on the occurrence aircraft during an unreliable airspeed incident. This increases the risk of a crew misidentifying a problem.
  • The installation of CVRs with less than 2 hours of recording capacity creates the risk that relevant information will not be available to accident investigators and that significant safety issues may not be identified.
  • During the initial examination and disassembly of the ADC, it was noted that there was a large build-up of dust and dirt inside the unit, which could cause an increase in the internal temperature.

 

  • Other Finding : In the hold, with thrust at idle, the flight crew did not monitor the airspeed. In an attempt to maintain altitude, the autopilot increased the angle of attack until the stick shaker activated. During the recovery, the crew allowed the aircraft to climb through the flight’s cleared altitude, resulting in a loss of separation

 

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LOT POLISH AIRLINES – BOEING B767-300 (SP-LPA) flight LOT2

Tags related to this event: ADCB767BoeingCVRLotOntarioTrainingUnreliable speed
Event date: 20090619
Airline / Operator:LOT POLISH AIRLINES
Model: B767-300
Make: BOEING
Registration: SP-LPA
msn: 24865
Location: North bay,Ontario

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