ATR stall recovery
Last ATR I trained on 500 series demanded to extend flaps 15 if flaps retracted(as might have been at that altitude or in transition)..and select MCT Torque.With power available questionalble.The extension of Flaps with no available power and little obstacle free altitude beow the 1300ft they were at had them sandwiched in a sorry state.The last provounced nose drop might have been the entry into a deep stall as punctuated by the Stick pusher...quite like soon after the second stall warning.(more likely a Stick Pusher warn)..unless there was a pusher inhibit due to loss of electrics supplying the Stick Push(On Captain's side only supplied by DC Bus1 and monitored by MFC2A/B and MFC1A/B I suspect DC Bus 1 was off after shutting down the engine #1)...it was not a recoverable position to be in...because the engine that was producing power was shut down and couldn't relight.That is the reason May day call was made early..they saw how futile their position was and the best was just to alett the emergency response to locate them in good time.
Last edited by Trackdiamond; 8th Feb 2015 at 10:56.