Originally Posted by
SmoothOnTop
Hey Aviation Expert-
Find an audience that cares.
Go to the ntsb 3407 animation clock 22:16:34.
Comment about the roll axis effectiveness of the rudder at high AOA as the video plays from that point.
Pause the playback at 22:16:47 and ask for a sign of hands from the audience as to how many believe that the q400 can successfully recover from the split S.
Push play, have fun...
No doubt it was next to impossible to recover from, but I believe one needs to address how they got into that unusual attitude. Now please don't jump on me because I'm not armchair QBing here, I just think that when CA Renslow said "Yeah, that's a lot, I mean the most ice I've seen on the wings in a while." THAT should have been a red flag.
God Bless the crew & pax of Colgan 3407.