Originally Posted by protectthehornet
OK,HOLD IT...somebody just said stick pushers were usually disabled below 1000'
I"ve flown stick pusher equipped planes and that is not the case.
There was a higher likelyhood of someone surviving this crash if the pilot had just let go of the stick than what he did (pull back) and what the copilot did (retractflaps and distract the captain with gear up)
You may have flown aircraft that had pushers that were not disabled at low level, however, the Dash 8 pusher is disabled at low level. It is not to done so that it won't push if you stall, it is done so it won't dive you into the ground if it malfunctions (i.e., a false stall warning.) On the 300, there is a stick pusher "push off" switch that allows you to disable the pusher if it has fired in error, if you are at low level, e.g., below 1000 feet, you may not have time to do this.