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    An autothrottle (automatic throttle; also known as autothrust, A/T, or A/THR) is a system that allows a pilot to control the power setting of an aircraft's...
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    plane's engines were still operating upon impact. It was known that the autothrottle on this aircraft had malfunctioned a few days earlier, and one line of...
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    reaction, which was triggered by a faulty radio altimeter. This caused the autothrottle to decrease the engine power to idle during approach. The crew noticed...
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    of the engines, the autopilot, the flight director, or the autothrottle. The autothrottle control was found to be in the "armed" position during documentation...
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  • takeoff/go-around switch (TO/GA or TOGA; /ˈtoʊɡə/) is a switch on the autothrottle of modern large aircraft, with two modes: takeoff (TO) and go-around...
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    At this point the autothrottle is now engaged and the aircraft's computer is now in takeoff mode.: 3  This refers to the autothrottle system's clamp mode...
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  • airliners feature a performance-based VNAV system, often connected to an autothrottle to automatically select idle thrust or increase thrust to maintain a...
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    systems). When present, an autopilot is often used in conjunction with an autothrottle, a system for controlling the power delivered by the engines. An autopilot...
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  • It may also be used to engage or disengage both the autopilot and the autothrottle. The panel as an area is usually referred to as the "glareshield panel"...
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    this was due to a combination of the Power Management Control unit and autothrottle which was disengaged prior to shutting down the right engine, the fuel...
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    position, with engine power being governed by the flight computer's autothrottle system. Two seconds prior to touchdown, an aural warning, "retard, retard"...
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  • the 2013 Asiana Airlines Flight 214 crash was "the complexities of the autothrottle and autopilot flight director systems … which increased the likelihood...
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    failure to monitor their airspeed and overreliance on the aircraft's autothrottle. Flight 901 was a McDonnell Douglas DC-10-30, registered as LN-RKB, named...
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    traffic controllers to land on Runway 04. This approach was made with the autothrottle in speed mode. The throttle lever of the first engine on the left side...
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    repeatedly failed to respond to a demand for increased thrust from the autothrottle. In attempting to maintain the instrument landing system glide slope...
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    reaches a 290 kn TAS (537 km/h) cruise. Updated Honeywell avionics with autothrottle feature both cursor control device and touchscreen. Adapted from the...
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    beginning shortly thereafter. In 2023, Cessna announced that a Garmin autothrottle would be available for the M2 Gen2 starting in mid-2025. The ICAO aircraft...
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    inspections between 1,800 and 2,000 hours. Early PT6 versions lacked a FADEC, autothrottle could be installed as an aftermarket upgrade with an actuator, initially...
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    is also a more stable speed than maximum range speed, so gives less autothrottle movement. However, LRC speed does not take account of winds, or time-related...
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    260, with deliveries expected in early 2021. The model has an improved autothrottle, a Multi-Scan weather radar, a range of 1,720 nmi (3,190 km) and a top...
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    for introduction in 2017. It includes a synthetic vision system and autothrottle as standard, a restyled three-zone interior and comes with a 10-year...
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    recovery procedure. The autothrottle was still engaged and the aircraft was still in its landing configuration. The engaged autothrottle would have limited...
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    until the go-around mode was activated and the aircraft's autopilot and autothrottle increased engine thrust and nose-up pitch as designed. Neither pilot...
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    of the aircraft during negative flight conditions. The auto-pilot and autothrottle controls are also integrated, and are activated by switches located on...
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    21 July 2013, BEA noted that there was intermittent failures on the autothrottle that led to the replacement of the EPR transmitter on No.2 engine. On...
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  • Many modern aircraft, such as most Boeing and Airbus aircraft, have autothrottle/autothrust systems that will set go-around thrust if they are engaged...
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    related to Thrust levers (aircraft cockpits). Index of aviation articles Autothrottle War emergency power "Throttle Lever". SKYbrary Aviation Safety. 29 December...
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    the landing course at 600 metres (2,000 ft) with both autopilot and autothrottle disengaged, the aircraft started climbing up to 1,300 metres (4,300 ft)...
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    (higher speeds would have ruled out aluminium) Full-regime autopilot and autothrottle allowing "hands off" control of the aircraft from climb out to landing...
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    monitoring. In March 2019, Daher introduced the $4.13 million TBM 940 with autothrottle and automatic deicing, to be certified for the April AERO Friedrichshafen...
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