My first freezing rain encounter

Steve,

Bob is correct, never, ever use flaps on landing if you have any ice on
the airplane, it does not matter a bit about the position of the
horizontal stabilizer. Flaps change the airflow in the area of the
tail and also move the center of lift aft, both of which increase the
angle of attack of the tail, moving it closer to the stalling angle of
attack should it have any ice at all.

You might want to go to NASA's website and find the information there
on icing and tailplane stalls; it's eyewatering. They also sell a DVD
of inflight footage of their testing. Also go to AVweb
(www.avweb.com), click on "columns" then on "The Pilot's Lounge" and
scroll down to the column on tailplane stalls. If you get IFR
Magazine, there is an article on dealing with inflight icing in the
November 2004 issue.

If in ice, leave the flaps up. Cessna POHs make this clear, I'm not
sure whether Piper POH's mention it. Touch down fast, and do NOT
reduce power at all until the wheels are rolling as the power reduction
may take you from flying at above the power on stall speed to
descending fast at below the power off stall speed.
All the best,
Rick