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  • Insel Air MD 80 thrust reverser failure (video)

    This is for the pilots/experts here. I'm always into more technical explanations if there is one . Just curious to know what is going on with the #2 reverser if you can surmise from the video (#1 obviously failed):

    Source: JustPlanes Youtube channel

  • #2
    Here are my thoughts:

    A technical problem (hydraulic or electric) prevented the deployment of the no. 1 reverser buckets. The pilots tried to rectify it by cycling the reversers, but no. 1 still doesn't deploy. All in all not much of a problem, though. Aircraft can (in fact, must be able to) land safely without reversers.

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    • #3
      Is there ever a situation in which only one would be deployed intentionally? Is that even possible?
      Whatever is necessary, is never unwise.

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      • #4
        Originally posted by AA 1818 View Post
        Is there ever a situation in which only one would be deployed intentionally? Is that even possible?
        It is possible. I once took a picture sequence of a perfectly normal landing of an Iberworld A330-200 landing at Amsterdam and deploying only the reverser on the right-hand engine. Unfortunately, that was in my early days of photoshopping and I didn't edit the picture well enough to get it uploaded, so I can't link it here.

        As for the situation where only one reverser would be deployed intentionally, I can imagine that if one reverser is inoperative, the onther one could still be used with the engine staying at idle reverse. A little rudder during rollout should be enough to keep the aircraft on the runway.

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        • #5
          ^Thanks for the feedback, good insight!

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Foxtrot View Post
            ^Thanks for the feedback, good insight!
            Double that - thank you Peter for the info.
            Whatever is necessary, is never unwise.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Peter Kesternich View Post
              As for the situation where only one reverser would be deployed intentionally, I can imagine that if one reverser is inoperative, the onther one could still be used with the engine staying at idle reverse. A little rudder during rollout should be enough to keep the aircraft on the runway.
              In fact, at least in the cases that I know, full reverse could and normally would be used.

              But nothing of that explains what we see in the video here.

              --- Judge what is said by the merits of what is said, not by the credentials of who said it. ---
              --- Defend what you say with arguments, not by imposing your credentials ---

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