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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

While the captain was waiting, he noticed an advisory on the Crew Alerting System: RUDDER LIMITER FAULT. He figured the fault was actually in the rudder test, not in the rudder itself, as it cleared once the aircraft had warmed up. Once the first officer was back in the cockpit, they discussed the rudder limiter fault message.

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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Fear of Landing

The first officer would use the aircraft weight, along with the environmental conditions and the runway parameters, to determine the V-speeds for the flight and enter them into the flight management system. Air Traffic Control noticed the same thing, calling the crew to ask whether they needed their taxi to be delayed.