"Private" wrote:

"PJ" wrote:

wrote:

Standard practice is to wait until you have a positive rate of climb
before raising the flaps. Raising the flaps if the airplane was on
the verge of a stall would be a big mistake. Lowering the nose and
applying full power would be the best course of action, and once a
positive rate of climb could be achieved, then the flaps could be
raised.

But they were too low to lower trhe nose and in otrher words were
fuc...

Google 'tail stall icing'
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=...meta=&aq=f&oq=

According to the aircraft's manufacturer, the Dash8 isn't subject to
tailplane stalls due to icing. That said, one wonders if the pilot
had that in mind when he pulled up in reaction to the stick shaker.
His previous ride was a Saab, which I understand can stall due to
tailplane icing. Did the ice buildup he saw on the wings set his mind
up to prepare for a tailplane stall?