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Challenger 300 Fatal Upset Wasn’t Turbulence

Fear of Landing

He returned to the cockpit, no doubt embarrassed at his rookie mistake, but there was no harm done. 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.

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CRJ 200 ferry flight crash with 19 on board at Kathmandu

Fear of Landing

That morning, the first officer was first to arrive in the cockpit, while Saurya Airlines personnel loaded the cargo. 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.