Clandestino Quote:
"Primary symptom of fully blown tailplane stall is abrupt and very fast pitchdown as flaps are extended. Recovery from tailplane stall in DHC-6 is: retract flaps, cut the power, pull to recover from dive. Preferably do all three simultaneously."
I have followed this topic with great interest. I must say I admire the intelligence, knowledge and professionalism depicted in the thread.
I am just a casual observer that enjoys aviation and its is passionate about his Microsoft Flight Sim. Having said that I have a question.
There are quite a few here that theorize about the Captain mistaking this for a tailplane stall.
How could he have done so? The symptoms are quite opposite from what he experienced. Could it be possible he did mistake it and still fumbled the proper way to recover from a tail stall after all? He did power up 75%,
this is contradictory to the procedure as quoted above.
The 5 flunked checkrides do weigh heavily in this argument.