Originally Posted by
MD83FO
Scary video that aerocaribbean, anyone know what happened?
They seemed to reggain normal attitude and speed but the plane keeps upsetting.
So was the Italian one. The safety board in my country read out the recorders and played it for us many years ago on a tour, CVR and all. Seeing loss of control animations like these two should be required viewing for all ATR pilots as it appears to be a complete loss of control.
The flaps 15 selection(a memory item) may be the key to regaining control and I see that it was done with this incident. Perhaps if in ice, quietly remind yourself to yell(or select) flaps 15 if control is lost as panic mode and loss of clear thinking could set in once control is lost.