Originally Posted by
SebastianDesoto
I am having a problem understanding the issue of power and its effects on tail stall. I have looked over this video a couple times.
I will figure that out eventually. Beyond that,however, the part that really concerns me is the tail stall is recovery, especially in context of approach to landing.
1. pull back on the yoke
2. reduce flap setting
3. "judicious with power"
It would seem that during an approach, a missed approach/go-around would follow a tail stall recovery. It would certainly put you out of a stabilized approach.
The first two procedures are similar to go-around proceedures anyway, except that adding power is usually the first thing to occur or simultaneous with initiating a climb. If power is added during this critical moment, and induces a secondary tail stall (which I am still unclear how this happens), then actual missed approach procedures could not follow.
What happens now? Do I just tell tower I think we might have induced a tail stall and need to fly around at level slow flight for a while? My brain is racked
This is where your PIC authority comes into play. This scenario happened to a co-worker of mine around 1998 or 99 in STL. They were configuring for a landing during an ILS and just selected final flaps. The tail stalled, they recovered with your 1,2,3 steps above. In the process they lost about 400 feet. This sent bells and whistles to the tower. Tower told them to go around. They declared an emergency, reintercepted the glideslope and landed. You don't get a simplified answer for all scenarios, this could happen in different phases of flight but IMHO it will happen most likely when slowing, configuring for an approach.