What the profile screens for
Recorded airspeed exceeds the applicable limit while a flap or slat configuration remains extended.
Why it matters
Configuration overspeed may affect airworthiness and can reveal delayed retraction, target error, or high acceleration.
Build the event around relationships—not one number.
Define the operating context
Identify the initial climb / climb state, aircraft configuration, location, and any required external data before applying logic.
Screen the signal relationship
Use validated combinations of calibrated airspeed, flap position, slat position; avoid treating one isolated value as the whole event.
Confirm it is a genuine event
Check polarity, units, source, recording rate, dropouts, air/ground logic, persistence, and false-positive mechanisms.
Connect data to the safety question
Review procedures, reports, weather, airport and traffic context, exposure, recurrence, and the strength of the related barriers.
Recorded signals that may help explain the event.
Questions before conclusions
- Q1
Are calibrated airspeed, flap position, slat position valid, correctly decoded, time-aligned, and sampled well enough for this event?
- Q2
What changed immediately before, during, and after the flap limit speed exceedance in climb indication?
- Q3
How do aircraft configuration, weather, airport geometry, automation state, and crew reports change the interpretation?
- Q4
Which current flight manual, SOP, maintenance, or operator event definition controls the final conclusion?
Safety topics that broaden the event review.
Flight-Deck Automation
Use mode awareness, active monitoring, and aircraft-response verification to keep automation aligned with crew intent.
Open topic brief ↗Aircraft SystemsEngine Failure and Thrust Loss
Separate commanded thrust, actual engine response, system effects, and crew management across partial, asymmetric, and complete thrust-loss events.
Open topic brief ↗Flight OperationsControlled Flight Into Terrain
Understand how a controllable aircraft can be flown into terrain or an obstacle through path, altitude, navigation, monitoring, or situational-awareness breakdowns.
Open topic brief ↗12 useful starting points
Terminology and topic relationships select these links; the publisher source remains authoritative.
SAFO 14002 — SAFO 14002, Global Positioning System ( GPS )/Global Navigation Satellite System ( GNSS ) Navigator/Autopilot Compatibility
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for flight controls and automation and navigation and surveillance. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 08005 — Preflight of helicopter hydraulic systems to include validation of control movement smoothness and identification of adverse flight control “stick-jump.”
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for flight controls and automation and airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 08015 — Preflight check of helicopter hydraulic systems to include validation of control movement smoothness and identification of adverse flight control “stick-jump”
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for flight controls and automation and airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSystem Reset: Use With Caution
Official Airbus Safety First material indexed for airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 24002 — Recognizing and Mitigating Global Positioning System (GPS) / Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Disruptions
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for navigation and surveillance and airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 24003 — Aero Vodochody L39 Aircraft with Experimental Airworthiness Certificates Inaccurate Mode C Altitude Reporting
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 23001 — Potential Damage to Nose Landing Gear (NLG) by Improper Towing Procedures of the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Regional Jet (MHIRJ) (formerly Bombardier) CL-600-2B19, CL-600-2C10 and CL-600-2D24 Airplanes
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for approach and landing and ground operations. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 22003 — SAFO 22003, Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System II (TCAS II) Alerts at Denver International Airport (DEN)
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for navigation and surveillance and airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 21004 — SAFO 21004, Air Traffic Control (ATC) Notification and Pilot Awareness When Conducting an Instrument Landing System (ILS) Autoland Procedure
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for approach and landing and human factors. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 20007 — SAFO 20007, Damage to or Loose Installation of the AmSafe, Inc. Airbag System’s Electronic Module Assembly ( EMA )
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 18002 — SAFO 18002, Improper Overhaul Performed on Aircraft Accessories/Articles by Aircraft Technical Support, Inc. ( ATS ) Repair Station
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official sourceSAFO 18007 — SAFO 18007, North Atlantic High Level Airspace ( NAT HLA ) Tracks at ½ Degree Latitude Separation, Resulting in Identical Avionics Waypoint Labels for Different Points 30 Nautical Miles ( NM ) Apart
Official U.S. Federal Aviation Administration material indexed for airworthiness and systems. Open the publisher source for the complete document, scope, and current status.
Open official source