Originally Posted by
block30
The evidence does point to a plain old wing stall versus tail stall, but what did the crew think was happening? Most importantly can we prevent other crews from thinking the wrong thing?
I just read an article that said the captain had watched NASAs icing video a few months previously. And for anyone who has watched that video, a large segment is dedicated to tail stalls.
I know particularly the video discusses a sign of tail stall is buffet in the controls versus an airframe buffet. Did the pilot confuse the shaker with a control wheel buffet? I don't know. I think he is being written off as an idiot waaaay too easily from our spot here on terra firma.
God bless.
They INCORRECTLY reacted to a stall warning. Specifically, they did EVERYTHING OPPOSITE of wha you would want in a wing stall recovery.
So, the more important question is, how do we get crews to succesfully identify and react appropiately to WING STALLS?
Why are people so stuck on the tail ice problems? It has NOTHING to do with this accident.
This accident was about a complete lack of professionalism in the cockpit, a complete loss of situational awareness, and the pilots incorrecty reacting to an aural and physical warning system that was trying to alert the pilots to the rapid loss of airspeed.