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Old 1st Jun 2011, 22:05
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Pitot tubes reacted to stall rather than to ice after AP disconnected

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JJFFC:
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1/ a pilot nose up
2/ he stalled his plane and didn't alert the captain nor did he communicate
3/ he didn't recognize his fault although his instruments gave him all the necessary information (the lack of speed data is a consequence of the stall not the cause)

Is it your position that the airspeed indicators did NOT react to ice on the pitot tubes?
It is my opinion that after the plane had stalled, the pitot tubes didn't reacted to ice but to the stall and to the fact that the plane was really below 60 and inclined.

Maybe the AC disconnected because the Pitot tubes iced, but the BEA has never written this in this report : nobody knows why the AC disconnected.

Maybe the PF wanted to climb because of the weather (somebody already mentioned that in this topic).
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