Final report out: MD-80 RTO accident

[Gabriel]

http://avherald.com/h?article=4a5ecf6a&opt=2048

Accident: Ameristar MD83 at Detroit on Mar 8th 2017, overran runway after rejected takeoff due to elevator malfunction

Take-off aborted 12 seconds after V1 when the plane would not rotate despite the pilot applying abnormally large back control column inputs.

Question for Dummy Pilot: Is there any indicator in the cockpit of an MD-80 that shows the actual position of the control surfaces (not the tabs)?

[Not_Karl]

V3BS saves the day.

[3WE]

V3BS saves the day.

1. Indeed.

2. Yikes- “Controls free, but can’t tell that they are not_correct.”

[ocelot]

2. Yikes- “Controls free, but can’t tell that they are not_correct.”

Indeed.