B767-200ER ACFT ON INITIAL CLB FROM FOREIGN ARPT. CAPT RELAXED YOKE PRESSURE AND COMMENCED DSCNT AT LOW ALT UNTIL PNF; FO CALLED HIS ATTN TO THE ALT. AN AGGRESSIVE PULL UP WAS MADE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN OF CONCERN TO THE PAX AND CABIN.

Date: 1998-02 · Aircraft: B767-200

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-cftt-cfit

Synopsis

B767-200ER ACFT ON INITIAL CLB FROM FOREIGN ARPT. CAPT RELAXED YOKE PRESSURE AND COMMENCED DSCNT AT LOW ALT UNTIL PNF; FO CALLED HIS ATTN TO THE ALT. AN AGGRESSIVE PULL UP WAS MADE WHICH MAY HAVE BEEN OF CONCERN TO THE PAX AND CABIN.

Narrative

FOR OUR DEP FROM MOSCOW; I HAD PROGRAMMED THE FMS FOR THE KN 25 DEP. WE DEPARTED RWY 25R AND ENTERED BROKEN TO OVCST CONDITIONS AT APPROX 600 FT AGL. AT THE POINT WE RECEIVED THE AURAL SIGNAL AT THE OM I CALLED FOR THE LNAV AND BEGAN A R TURN. I OBSERVED THAT MY BANK STEERING BAR WAS NOT COMMANDING A R TURN AND I LOOKED OVER AT THE FO'S INST PANEL TO VERIFY WHETHER THERE WAS ANY DIFFERENCE BTWN OUR INSTS. AS I DID THIS; I INADVERTENTLY RELAXED BACK PRESSURE ON THE YOKE AND BEGAN A ROLL TOWARDS WINGS LEVEL. THIS CAUSED THE AUTOTHROTTLES TO RETARD PWR SLIGHTLY IN REACTION TO THE LEVELOFF. AT THIS POINT; WE HAD DSNDED SLIGHTLY FROM OUR HIGHEST POINT AND WERE AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL. THE FO OBSERVED THE ALT AND SHOUTED FOR ME TO PULL THE NOSE UP AND THAT I HAD PLENTY OF AIRSPD. I IMMEDIATELY BEGAN AN AGGRESSIVE PULL BACK ON THE YOKE AND A R ROLL BACK INTO THE TURN. SIMULTANEOUSLY; THE GPWS SOUNDED. AS WE WERE TURNING THROUGH 030 DEGS ATC DIRECTED A TURN TO 360 DEGS; AND I BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE L TURN TO 360 DEGS TO COMPLY. WE FOLLOWED RADAR VECTORS FOR THE DEP; AND THE FLT CONTINUED WITHOUT FURTHER INCIDENT TO JFK. I RECOGNIZED THAT THE UNEXPECTED MANEUVERS MIGHT HAVE CAUSED SOME CONCERN IN THE CABIN; AND I MADE A PA ANNOUNCEMENT EXPLAINING WHAT HAD OCCURRED AFTER WE WERE ESTABLISHED ON COURSE.

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