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Old 3rd Jun 2011, 12:02
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Rollleft
 
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Angry A/S / Alt

After the pitot was blocked with ice it performed as an altimeter. It would direct the pilot in a counter intuitive and divergent fashion, stick back resulting in increasing indicated airspeed. Stick forward would indicate a speed decrease, so much so that the AOA was disabled.

This is the saddest story since Aero Peru.
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