STALL PROTECTION system problem | Piedmont Embraer ERJ-145 | Syracuse airport
THIS VIDEO IS A RECONSTRUCTION OF THE FOLLOWING SITUATION IN FLIGHT:13-FEB-2021. A Piedmont Embraer ERJ-145 (E145), registration N669MB, performing flight PDT6186 / PT6186 Syracuse Hancock international airport, NY (USA) to Chicago O’Hare international airport, IL (USA), after departure reported about problem with stall protection system and requested return back.
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TOWER: PDT6186, contact Departure, good morning.
PDT6186: Departure, have a nice morning as well, 6186.
PDT6186: Departure, PDT6186, 1500 climbing 4000.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, Syracuse Departure, radar contact, turn left heading 330, climb and maintain 10000.
PDT6186: PDT6186, can we just get a box pattern. We had a mechanical malfunction come up. We might return to Syracuse.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, turn left heading 330, maintain 4000.
PDT6186: 330, 4000, 6186.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, are you declaring an emergency at this time or is this just precautionary and nature?
PDT6186: …emergency at this time. We’ll give you call back as soon as we finish the checklist. (it seems that they didn’t declare an emergency)
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, roger.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, reaching 4000 turn left heading 280.
PDT6186: 4000, 280, PDT6186.
PDT6186: Syracuse Departure, PDT6186. Yes, it’s looking like we have difficulty with our stall protection system. So, it’s looking like at this time we will be returning to Syracuse just because O'Hare has some snow and everything in the area, and radar does not look like it's gonna get better anytime soon. So we're gonna be hanging out up here for just a little bit. We need to run some numbers, because we’ll probably be overweight and… So we’ll be planning to return to Syracuse.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, roger, I copy all. Turn 5 degrees right. Is your altitude there at 4000 good for now?
PDT6186: 5 degrees right. This seems like a good altitude for now. We'll let you know if we need anything different. We will give you a call back. Just keep us in general vicinity. But it’ll probably take a couple of minutes to get everything set up.
DEPARTURE: PDT418… Correction, 6186, roger and just for my planning purposes. How far to the west? I mean I’ll keep you as close as you want, where I can still put you on approach or tuck you back in for the visual approach which should not be a problem. How far to west?
PDT6186: As long as you keep us within, let’s just say 20 to 30 miles, that should be okay. We just don't wanna be heading out too far from the airport.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, wilco.
DEPARTURE: PDT6186, in 2 or 4 miles I’m gonna turn you back to the south south-east and will start pointing you back towards the airport, if that works. I don't know how much longer you need.
PDT6186: That should work for now. It’s gonna be about 10 minutes or so. We just got to run everything up here. We’ll be an overweight landing.
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