"Try flaring a 402 during landing with residual ice on the tail and you will find out how that feels". It isn't so much the design of the tail, but the mere fact that ice accretion on the tail can be three times greater than on the wing due to the induced airflow from the propellers. NASA has some pretty good info on tailplane icing, and tail stall recovery. Combine this with a bad set of counterweights, and a no-gyro approach, and you've got your hands full.