I was flying from Mauritius to Perth in an A339, TS, when suddenly I started stalling at around FL240 ish during my climb to FL390. I wasn’t going very fast or anything, normal climb speed at 320-340 something knots at +2500fpm. I attempted recovery three times before going into a nosedive, and I nearly got a violation before I disconnected the flight. Fyi I was quite heavy, 80% fuel, half passengers, and about 1500kg cargo. What went wrong?
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There’s your reason.
Climbing that steep with a heavy A339/A333 will definitely result in a stall.
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FL390 would’ve been too high at that weight anyway, regardless of your climb rate. 80% fuel in the A339 is also very overboard for only a 7 hour flight, even with ETOPS considerations.
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seems that u r really new, just fly more 330/339 and u will know in if.
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Yeah I definitely shouldn’t have loaded up that much fuel, silly mistake
a330/339 is very underpowered aircraft compared to like 777.
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Not necessarily. Sometimes I get distracted and forget to lower my v/s as I climb and end up climbing all the way up to FL330/FL340 at 2500fpm without issue on a heavy A359. Maybe the A330 is different but I’d think the heavier A350 would have the same issue if that was the cause.
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The A330 is a lot less powerful than the A350, so it makes sense 
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Makes sense, I also didn’t see his altitude….FL390? Way to high if that A330 was fully loaded. That I have stalled over doing, I learned IF is very realistic when it comes to weight and flight levels.
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