Originally Posted by
gums
I have previously praised the aero characteristics of plane that made a stall so benign. Many planes would have been rocking/shuddering or even having uncontrollable roll.
From what I've been told and given to understand - while the stall characteristics are relatively benign, there would be some noticeable buffeting in the stall regime. The problem here is that in that situation it takes a clear head to recognise the difference between the buffeting caused by stall versus the effects of turbulence the crew had been experiencing and were expecting to continue. The obvious way to differentiate would be the presence of the stall warning at the outset and continuing for about a minute, but for some reason this wasn't heeded.
Correct me if I'm misremembering, but wasn't there a school of thought that had the PF misdiagnosing the buffeting - particularly the unusual airflow noise - as an indication of overspeed (or "crazy speed" as he put it)?