Embraer 175 - Altitude Loss

AIRPLANE
FLIGHT
MANUAL
SUPPLEMENT 5
CAT II
OPERATION
ANAC APPROVED S5-10
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AFM
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1385
EMERGENCY AND ABNORMAL PROCEDURES
ALTITUDE LOSS
The demonstrated altitude loss due to a pitch down hardover during
flight test is presented in the graph below.
− Recovery initiated 1 second after failure recognition:
300
250
200
150
100
50
0
−800 −600 −400 −200 0 200 400 600 800 1000 1200 1400
HORIZONTAL DISTANCE − m
ALTITUDE − ft
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RECOVERY
INITIATED
FAILURE
RECOGNIZED
FAILURE OCCURS
AIRPLANE WHEEL
SLOPE 1/29
RUNWAY
THRESHOLD
NOTE: The maximum demonstrated altitude loss due to autopilot
malfunction is 20 ft.