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B767 flight crew reported a nose high attitude with stick shaker after the captain experienced vertigo during the climb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1472753 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201708 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 774 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Type 734 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
The captain was flying the leg. We were a heavy aircraft but within limits for takeoff. On climb out approximately 5000 ft through transition altitude on the departure both myself and the captain reached down to set our altimeters. As this was happening I noticed that the captain inadvertently continued a turn past the course line for the departure. As we were turning through the course I alerted him that he was doing so and called for a correction. He was still heads down setting the altimeter and started to further raise the nose up in the climbing turn. He started his correction back the other way but the nose was too high and the airspeed started to decay rapidly. I immediately noticed the yellow barber pole rising up to meet our speed bug (approx. 220-230) at an alarming rate. As the nose was still too high in a bank and the speed tape continued to decrease to the stick shaker; I alerted him then immediately took control of the aircraft and performed a nose high turning unusual attitude recovery back to level and accelerating. Once the aircraft was under control the captain took control of the aircraft and continued to fly the departure. The timeline on these events written sounds like this event unfolded over a period of time but in reality it was literally seconds.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B767 flight crew reported a nose high attitude with stick shaker after the Captain experienced vertigo during the climb.
Narrative: The captain was flying the leg. We were a heavy Aircraft but within limits for takeoff. On climb out approximately 5000 ft through transition altitude on the departure both myself and the Captain reached down to set our altimeters. As this was happening I noticed that the Captain inadvertently continued a turn past the course line for the departure. As we were turning through the course I alerted him that he was doing so and called for a correction. He was still heads down setting the altimeter and started to further raise the nose up in the climbing turn. He started his correction back the other way but the nose was too high and the airspeed started to decay rapidly. I immediately noticed the yellow barber pole rising up to meet our speed bug (approx. 220-230) at an alarming rate. As the nose was still too high in a bank and the speed tape continued to decrease to the stick shaker; I alerted him then immediately took control of the Aircraft and performed a nose high turning unusual attitude recovery back to level and accelerating. Once the Aircraft was under control the Captain took control of the aircraft and continued to fly the departure. The timeline on these events written sounds like this event unfolded over a period of time but in reality it was literally seconds.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.