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Old 22nd Mar 2019, 04:14
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Originally Posted by BobM2
You are right. At least 2 crews, maybe 3 did accelerate, clean up, & got into a worse mess. These occurrences were all in good weather with long runways immediately available. There was no need to climb to an MSA, but you could if you felt a need to troubleshoot or read checklists. The main thing is don't change the take-off configuration as long as the airplane is flying normally. You are not paid or qualified to be a test pilot, especially with passengers on board.
In regards to cleaning up and accelerating, if one is dealing with stall indications and unreliable airspeed on climb out, the natural tendency would be to ensure you've got sufficient airspeed. Speed is life, in most cases. It would appear, unfortunately, that this was not one of those cases.
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