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Old 18th Dec 2019, 21:50
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Originally Posted by Airbubba
Some suspicions confirmed in the NTSB Preliminary Accident Report, a couple of passages emphasized by me.
It seems they had wet snow or a mix that looks like water. One tricky fact is, that during the rotation with the generating of lift, the temperature on the upper part of the wing will drop at the same moment. Instantly That causes to freeze all water on the upper side of the wing.

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