Colgan NTSB Report

[wendellsmith1964]

I must be missing something but after reading the NTSB report and watching the animation I do not understand what would cause the airspeed to decrease at level flight and on auto pilot. Given that lowering the landing gear would cause parasitic drag but shouldn’t the auto pilot compensate for this action.

[deef1999]

@wendellsmith1964

I must be missing something but after reading the NTSB report and watching the animation I do not understand what would cause the airspeed to decrease at level flight and on auto pilot. Given that lowering the landing gear would cause parasitic drag but shouldn’t the auto pilot compensate for this action.

No autothrottle on Q-400

[wendellsmith1964]

Thanks for the clarification.