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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

He was interrupted when an employee of the fixed base operator arrived with ice for the aircraft’s bar. He thought he was continuing where he left off; however, he didn’t notice that the red-non-streamer pitot cover was still on the right pitot probe. For context, the aircraft design limit was +2.6g.