Flight Safety Information May 11, 2017 - No. 095 Incident: Delta A320 at Detroit on May 10th 2017, unsafe gear Accident: Batik B738 at Pekanbaru on May 9th 2017, cabin did not pressurize Incident: Azul AT72 near Uberlandia on May 9th 2017, smoke in cabin EVAS - Cockpit Smoke Protection Bell 429 GlobalRanger Fatal Accident (Slovakia) Preliminary report: Boeing 737-800 runway excursion in rain, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Boeing suspends test flights of new 737 Max passenger jet 'Aviatrix' Documentary Tells the Story of the First Chinese-American Female Pilot Research Survey Graduate Research Survey Incident: Delta A320 at Detroit on May 10th 2017, unsafe gear A Delta Airlines Airbus A320-200, registration N331NW performing flight DL-964 from New York La Guardia,NY to Detroit,MI (USA) with 66 people on board, was on final approach to Detroit's runway 21L when the crew initiated a go around reporting the gear did not indicate locked. The crew worked the checklists while ATC provided delay vectors. The crew performed an alternate gear extension and advised they would not be able to vacate the runway due to the loss of nose wheel steering. The aircraft landed safely on Detroit's runway 21L about 20 minutes after the go-around. The crew requested emergency services to check whether the gear doors were dragging on the runway surface and whether there were any hydraulic leaks. http://flightaware.com/live/flight/DAL964/history/20170510/1000Z/KLGA/KDTW http://avherald.com/h?article=4a8cc214&opt=0 Back to Top Accident: Batik B738 at Pekanbaru on May 9th 2017, cabin did not pressurize A Batik Air Boeing 737-800, registration PK-LBZ performing flight ID-6853 from Pekanbaru to Jakarta (Indonesia) with 91 people on board, was climbing out of Pekanbaru's runway 36 when the cabin did not pressurize, the passenger oxygen masks were released. The crew stopped the climb at FL150 and returned to Pekanbaru for a safe landing on runway 36 about 25 minutes after departure. The airport reported two passengers needed to be treated at the airport with respiratory problems and ear problems. One person needed to be taken to a hospital. The flight was cancelled, the passengers were rebooked onto the next flight. The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground 30 hours after landing back. http://avherald.com/h?article=4a8cc005&opt=0 Back to Top Incident: Azul AT72 near Uberlandia on May 9th 2017, smoke in cabin An Azul Linhas Aereas Avions de Transport Regional ATR-72-212A, registration PR-AQV performing flight AD-4966 from Sao Paulo Viracopos,SP to Uberlandia,MG (Brazil), was descending towards Uberlandia when the crew reported smoke in the cabin. The aircraft continued for a safe landing on Uberlandia's runway 22. The airline reported a technical problem prompting the crew to request priority. Landing and disembarkation were normal. http://avherald.com/h?article=4a8cbe81&opt=0 Back to Top Back to Top Bell 429 GlobalRanger Fatal Accident (Slovakia) Date: 10-MAY-2017 Time: 1430 Type: Bell 429 GlobalRanger Owner/operator: Ministry of Interior Slovak Republic Registration: OM-BYM C/n / msn: 57202 Fatalities: Fatalities: 2 / Occupants: 4 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Category: Accident Location: Airport Presov - military helicopter Base LZPW - Slovakia Phase: Initial climb Nature: Training Departure airport: LZPW Destination airport: LZPW Narrative: The helicopter spiraled down from a height of about 100 meters and 200 meters from the take-off location. Two pilots and 2 firefighters on board. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=195299 Back to Top Preliminary report: Boeing 737-800 runway excursion in rain, Yogyakarta, Indonesia Date: 01-FEB-2017 Time: 19:50 LT Type: Boeing 737-8U3 (WL) Owner/operator: Garuda Indonesia Registration: PK-GNK C/n / msn: 41798/5049 Fatalities: Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 126 Other fatalities: 0 Airplane damage: Minor Category: Serious incident Location: Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport (JOG/WAHH) - Indonesia Phase: Landing Nature: Domestic Scheduled Passenger Departure airport: Jakarta-Soekarno-Hatta International Airport (CGK/WIII) Destination airport: Yogyakarta-Adisutjipto Airport (JOG/WAHH) Investigating agency: National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) - Indonesia Narrative: Garuda Indonesia flight GA258, a Boeing 737-800, suffered a runway excursion on landing at Yogyakarta- Adisutjipto Airport in Indonesia. The aircraft took off from Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta Airport at 17:42 LT (11:42 UTC). In this flight the Pilot in Command (PIC) acted as Pilot Flying (PF) and the Second in Command (SIC) acted as Pilot Monitoring (PM). At 12:24, the aircraft entered a holding pattern just west of Yogyakarta. The flight started receiving instructions from the approach controller at 12:43 UTC, in prepartion for an Instrument Landing System (ILS) runway 09 approach. At 12:46 UTC the pilot advised that the aircraft was established on the ILS localizer and the approach controller instructed to contact Yogyakarta tower controller. The pilot then advised tower controller that the aircraft was established on the ILS localizer and the tower controller informed that the surface wind direction was 230° with velocity of 7 knots, QNH was 1010 mbs and instructed the pilot to report when the runway 09 was in sight. At 12:49 UTC, and at about 1000 feet, the pilot advised the tower controller that the runway was in sight and the tower controller issued a landing clearance. At about 12:50 UTC, the aircraft touched down slightly to the right of runway centreline 09. When approaching taxiway N2 and while applying the reverse thrust, the aircraft veered to the left and stopped on the left shoulder of runway 09 at about 1,600 meters from begining runway 09 and 20 meters from the runway edge. Passenger evacuation completed at approximately 50 minutes after the aircraft stopped. No one was injured and there was no damage to the aircraft in this serious incident. It ran off the runway, coming to rest bogged down on a soft soil grassy area. Local news reports indicated that it was raining heavily at the time of the incident. The aircraft had been repaired and returned to service. https://aviation-safety.net/wikibase/wiki.php?id=193220 Back to Top Boeing suspends test flights of new 737 Max passengerjet Manufacturer still plans first deliveries this month despite engine component problem Boeing (http://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsheet/summary?s=us:BA) on Wednesday suspended test flights of its new 737 Max8 singleaisle passenger jet after discovering problems with the engine. The US aircraft maker said it was taking the precaution after CFM, a 50/50 joint venture between General Electric of the US and Safran (http://markets.ft.com/data/equities/tearsh eet/summary?s=fr:SAF) of France, reported anomalies in the manufacturing of the Leap 1B engine that powers the newgeneration jet. Both Boeing and CFM insisted that the suspension was only temporary and a cautionary measure. Delivery of the first 737 Max8 remained on schedule for later this month, they said. Boeing shares initially edged back on the news as investors reacted to the possibility of a troubled entry into service of the shorthaul aircraft. Boeing is fighting to regain market share (https://www.ft.com/content/29a0e77cd43311e6b06b680c49b4b4c0) in the booming singleaisle market, where its 737 Max has fallen behind Airbus's A320 family. Although rival Airbus is also facing delays in deliveries of its A320neo singleaisle because of problems with its Pratt & Whitney geared turbofan engine, the most recent difficulties highlight the risks facing the two manufacturers as they race (https://www.ft.com/content/ 83b29bc641ca11e69b660712b3873ae1) to step up production of a range of newgeneration engines and aircraft. One analyst suggested that if the anomalies proved more difficult to resolve than expected, Boeing might have to replace 737 Max deliveries by ramping up production of the existing generation singleaisle, the 737 NG. "Unfortunately for Boeing, this could mean selling these extra 737 NGs at below average prices, and probably leads to unhelpful inventory build on the Max as planes essentially sit waiting for engines," said Rob Stallard of Vertical Research Partners. However, another analyst suggested that the problem would be resolved quickly. "This doesn't look like a serious concern because Boeing says it still expects to deliver the first 737 Max this month and the engine 'problem' is not a design shortfall but what appears to be an easily fixable subtier supplier component issue," said Cai von Rumohr of Cowen. Jamie Jewell, spokeswoman for CFM, said the anomaly discovered in the Leap 1B appeared to be in the forging of the lowpressure turbine discs and only in those manufactured by a particular supplier. The company had dual sources for the discs and the anomalies had not been identified in the alternative supplier. Ms Jewell said there had been no hint of any problems with the engines during months of flight testing, but they would be Boeing also stressed that there had been no problems identified in 2,000 hours of flight testing or during 3,000 simulated flight cycles. "We will work closely with CFM to understand the precise scope and root cause of the quality issue," the company said in a statement. "Our plan remains to begin Max deliveries in May. Max production will continue." https://www.ft.com/content/b218148c-35b7-11e7-99bd-13beb0903fa3 Back to Top 'Aviatrix' Documentary Tells the Story of the First Chinese-American Female Pilot Katherine Sui Fun Cheung in her pilot cadet's uniform It was while researching for a story more than a decade ago that Ed Moy first learned about pilot Katherine Sui Fun Cheung, one of the first Chinese pilots in the United States. "I was a journalist and I wrote a magazine article and I came across her name," Moy told NBC News. "I knew a little about these Chinese-American pilots and then in 2012, the East West Players did a play about Katherine called 'Taking Flight.' I thought, 'This is fun. I should do something about her.'' "She tried to get a flight instructor's rating at the height of World War II and a lot of the Chinese pilots were being singled out at that time. She was denied three times and the FAA documents from that time were kind of murky." That began Moy's journey into tracing the life and career of Cheung, a project that resulted in the release of the new documentary "Aviatrix: The Katherine Sui Fun Cheung Story," which will screen at the the Chinese Historical Society Museum Learning Center in San Francisco on May 13. Born in Guandong Province in 1904, Cheung moved to California with her family at the age of 17 to study music. According to Moy, she became fascinated with flying when her father began teaching her how to drive near an airfield, where she would see nearby airplanes land and take off. "From that day on, she had this dream of being a pilot," Moy said. About a decade later in the early 1930s, Cheung would go on to become the first licensed Chinese female pilot and would join the Ninety-Nines, a flying club for women founded by Amelia Earhardt, shortly thereafter, according to research by Moy. She would make a name for herself as a popular barnstorming pilot who drew crowds across the country eager to watch her do aerial stunts like spiral dives and barrel rolls. Her love of stunts and flying coincided with an era in which pilots were often regarded as celebrities, according to Moy. "Aviation was a relatively new thing in the 1930s and at that point it was still this exciting new thing. The country had just come out of World War I and the Roaring '20s and it was this daredevil sport," Moy explained. "It was like the circus had come to town." While Cheung, who was by then a married mother of two, was the first Chinese woman to become a pilot, she was not the only Asian-American woman pilot of that era. Cheung and pilots like Hazel Ying Lee - who would go on to become the first Chinese-American woman to fly for the U.S. military - came of age during an era of heightened tensions between China and Japan. Because of this, many Chinese businessmen funded flying clubs across the United States, in the hopes that young Chinese Americans would learn to pilot airplanes and then return to China to assist with the war effort, Moy said. "They were very lucky. A lot of Chinese Americans were flocking to flying clubs," he said of Cheung and the other Chinese-American aspiring pilots. "There was a Chinese Benevolent Society, which was basically Chinese business people who pooled their money to buy a few planes. Katherine was one of the only women allowed to fly." Moy noted that if not for the support of these Chinese benevolent societies, it was unlikely that Cheung or most of the other Chinese-American pilots would have been able to fund their training or have access to an airplane due to both financial issues and the prevalent racism of the era. The typical civilian pilot was more like the reclusive millionaire Howard Hughes, than a Chinese American with immigrant parents, according to Moy. While Cheung's father was a successful produce buyer for markets in Los Angeles' Chinatown, many of her classmates came from more middle class backgrounds. "Aviation was a relatively new thing in the 1930s and at that point it was still this exciting new thing. The country had just come out of World War I and the Roaring Twenties, and it was this daredevil sport." But while Cheung, who died in 2003 at the age of 98, loved to fly and fulfilled a lifelong dream by obtaining her pilot's license, her career was ultimately only about a decade long due to two factors. The first was that her father became increasingly worried about her. "He got sick and asked her to stop flying," said Moy. "And she did." The second was that, while she longed to become a flight instructor and talked of returning to China to teach flying there, she was never able to get certified as a flight instructor. "She tried to get a flight instructor's rating at the height of World War II and a lot of the Chinese pilots were being singled out at that time," Moy said. "She was denied three times and the FAA documents from that time were kind of murky. The ones we were able to obtain said she wasn't 'allowed' to get it." Cheung's last recorded flight was in 1944. "My opinion [on why Cheung wasn't permitted to become an instructor] was because it was World War II, and a lot of Americans were afraid of Asian Americans at the time," Moy said. http://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/aviatrix-documentary-tells-story-first-chinese-american- female-pilot-n754546 Back to Top Research Survey Dear Participants, You are being requested to participate in a research study on risk. This study is expected to take approximately 5 minutes of your time. In order to participate, you must be at least 18 years old and a pilot. Participation in this study is voluntary, and you may choose to opt out of the study at any time. If you choose to opt out before study completion, your data will be destroyed immediately. We appreciate your consideration and time to complete our study. 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