In light of the sad tragedy yesterday in N.Y. and the fact that what you all do lends itself to potentially dealing with this, thought I'd share this link. I asked a friend and savvy backcountry pilot about this accident and its cause, he told me to watch this.

20 minutes, and hopefully worth the time, if it's something you haven't already seen:

Stay safe you all..............

"This video provides information about ice-contaminated horizontal stabilzers. It presents a physical description of the tailplane icing problem, symptoms of ice contamination and suggested recovery procedures. This video was produced as a result of insights gained from the NASA/FAA Tailplane Icing Program."

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0735779946

All pilots should take the time to watch this. You paid for all this research so here is a way to get some of your money back. I learned that more power is the wrong thing to do in some incidences. Thanks Susan.

Bob

If Icing was the cause,This reminds me of the Hibbing Mn. T-Tail Commuter going in.
Maybe it was a news error, but its alarming to hear flaps were used 5 miles out. Flaps must be avoided in heavy icing,
especially on the T-Tail.The top of the Tail loads up too fast with flaps.
This is Very sad for the trusting passengers and families.

Can you see yourself being the only person in a twin Baron, Chop and drop thru clouds 4000 feet without flaps,
less than 1/2 fuel, landed at full power loosing 300/400 FPM. If the runway wasn't there, instant disaster.
3 inches of ice on the noze wheel landing light in a few minutes.
I am very surprised we don't loose more people to icing.

Excellent video.

supercub185 wrote:Excellent video.

I almost skipped watching this because it's so long (23 minutes) and I *thought* I knew what I needed to know about tailplane icing and/or stall.

I was wrong.

The video is not at all boring. Even if you have no intention of flying in icing conditions, please watch this! It's even applicable if you fly gliders etc, as control surface seals can come loose and cause similar problems.

bumper