[yah]

Originally Posted by Vamooska ↗

That my friends, is a stall caused more than likely from unsecured cargo shift to the aft of the fuselage. Once airborne, a pallet or other heavy load(s) shifted from the normally occuring high nose attitude on takeoff. The load moved to the rear and as a result the center of gravity also moved aft rendering the aircraft extremely tail heavy. This caused the bleed off of precious airspeed and a tip stall. Sad. Better know your loadmaster.

I was flying out of a special forces base on the border with Pakistan in a C-130 with a SF unit. We were delayed taking off from the rudimentary strip (never good because you can get shelled at any time) while the SF CO had a heated argument with the loadmaster about whether their equipment container was too heavy. The SF guy won the argument & we finally took off.

[spycosis]

I used to work air cargo building the plates up. This would have been a good training vid for newbies to drill into them how important it is to do your job properly 100% of the time.

[Azimuth]

Still horrific.

[Clubhouse]

Boeing 747-400 BCF


National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 BCF (Boeing Converted Freighter), was a scheduled cargo flight from Bagram Air Base, Bagram, Afghanistan to Dubai, United Arab Emirates on April 29, 2013. During takeoff, the airplane immediately climbed steeply then descended in a manner consistent with an aerodynamic stall and crashed. All seven crewmembers - the captain, first officer, loadmaster, augmented captain and first officer, and two mechanics were killed. The airplane was destroyed by impact and a post-crash fire ensued.

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) determined that the probable cause of this accident was National Airlines’ inadequate procedures for restraining special cargo loads. This resulted in the loadmaster’s improper restraint of the cargo, which moved aft and damaged hydraulic systems Nos. 1 and 2 and horizontal stabilizer drive mechanism components, rendering the airplane uncontrollable. The inadequate procedures: 1) failed to include required, safety-critical restraint information from the airplane manufacturer (Boeing) and the manufacturer of the main deck cargo handling system (Telair) and 2) contained incorrect and unsafe methods for restraining special cargo. Investigators also concluded that a factor contributing to the accident was the failure of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adequately oversee National Airlines' handling of special cargo loads.


Investigation full report...........


https://www.faa.gov/lessons_learned/...cidents/N949CA

[William May]

You guys won't believe this, but the name painted on the side of the nose of the aircraft was:

Drum Roll


LORI!


That bitch is even stalking the airways!!

This info came from Mark Finlay at "Simple Flying"

[Trucked up]

[clervaux]

Amazing footage.

[Roosta]

Originally Posted by chris ↗

Nevermind the date at the right hand corner. This happened on 29APR2013. All National Air Cargo Boeing 747-400 members of the flight perished.

Very sad event.

Imagine watching that come down.

WOW.

RIP.