Originally Posted by
flycrj200
I do not fly a Q400, but on CRJ, a landing configuration stall recovery procedure, calls for the pilot to advance thrust and pitch to the attitude that the first indication of stall occurred. You do not touch the flaps or the gear till you get a positive rate of climb and you are out of the stall. Does the stall recovery procedure on the Q400 calls for an immediate retraction of the flaps?
My experience in Jets vs Turbo Prop.. (CRJ, Citation X, Citation V, MD11 and A320) vs (E120 and ATR) is that in a Jet you "power" out of a stall by "Riding" the stick shaker .. in a turbo prop (if a normal stall).. you reduce pitch, add power and then recover pitch... (if a tail stall), you push the nose over and reduce flaps after your speed picks up...
But from what I understand, they never (I can't imagine a type rating without this) get to stick shaker in their Q400 training at Colgan??
The real questions is, why were they in such bad ice to begin with in a turbo prop? That's what we should be asking... where is the Situational Awareness .. if the airframe cant shed the ice, it's probably time to go elsewhere.. (Or that's why I've always done).