On Feb 6, 9:19 pm, "BDS" wrote:

Always a good idea - use your flashlight at night to check. Also, keep in
mind that the wings may be the least efficient ice collector on your
particular airplane - the tail may be much more efficient (Mooney as one
example) and be icing up nicely while you see almost nothing on the wing.
So, while you're looking for ice be sure to take a glance back at the tail
too, assuming you or your pax can see it. Tailplane stalls can be a huge
bummer.

I thought the same thing. The tailplane ice would explain the "out of
control" situation as opposed to an even set of airframe ice and its
associated gradual decline in performance. If the main wings built up
so much ice as to stall and lose control, it would strike me as
unrecoverable or at least severe enough to not allow her to talk on
the radio.

Marco