Rejected takeoff after the takeoff decision speed 'V ', Boeing B737 ...

CONTENTS
List of abbreviations ........................................................................................................ 4
1. Introduction ............................................................................................................... 5
1.1 Investigation motive and background ......................................................................... 5
1.2 The investigation ..................................................................................................... 5
1.3 Reader’s guide ......................................................................................................... 6
2. Factual Information .................................................................................................... 7
2.1 Introduction ............................................................................................................ 7
2.2 Background information ............................................................................................ 7
2.3 Boeing 737-800 relevant systems .............................................................................. 8
2.4 History of flight ....................................................................................................... 9
2.5 Personal information ...............................................................................................11
2.6 Aircraft information .................................................................................................11
2.7 Meteorological information .......................................................................................11
2.8 Aerodrome information ............................................................................................11
2.9 Flight recorder ........................................................................................................11
2.10 Tests and research ................................................................................................12
3. Assessment framework ............................................................................................ 14
3.1 General .................................................................................................................14
3.2 Legislation and regulations .......................................................................................14
3.3 Guidelines ..............................................................................................................14
3.4 Assessment framework for safety management ..........................................................15
4. Involved parties and their resonsibilities ................................................................. 16
4.1 Ryanair ..................................................................................................................16
4.2 Flight crew .............................................................................................................16
4.3 Irish Aviation Authority ............................................................................................17
5. Analysis .................................................................................................................... 18
5.1 Introduction ...........................................................................................................18
5.2 The event flight ......................................................................................................18
5.3 Rejected takeoff procedures ryanair ..........................................................................21
5.4 Rejected takeoffs in a historical perspective ...............................................................22
5.5 Rejected takeoff dilemma ........................................................................................25
6. Conclusions .............................................................................................................. 26
APPENDIX A: Justification of Investigation ................................................................... 27
APPENDIX B: V-speeds .................................................................................................. 29
APPENDIX C: Flight data recorder plot ........................................................................... 30
APPENDIX D: Determination of the speed trend vector length ...................................... 32
APPENDIX E: Rejected Takeoff Procedure Ryanair [MAN 1.1] ........................................ 33
APPENDIX F: Rejected Takeoff Procedure Ryanair [MAN2.5] ......................................... 34
APPENDIX G: Aircraft wake turbulence .......................................................................... 35
APPENDIX H: NTSB recommendations on enhancing rejected takeoff safety 1990 ....... 36
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