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New information shows that the pilot here was very experienced which makes it harder to understand what went wrong. I don't know if he requested the GPS 31 approach or was given it but he had a ILS into the main runway available. Wind should not have been a factor reported at north at 5 to...

What the autopilot can masks is the degradation in pitch stability. If your hand flying you can feel it as it requires more control input. If your watching the autopilot work you will also see the same movements in the control column. A pilot doing his job should see the warning signs like...

My guess is he was letting the autopilot fly the airplane while he was dealing with other issues. With a constant power setting the speed would slowly decay as ice accumulated while the autopilot attempts to hold altitude. The autopilot will for a while mask the performance and handling...

I have a fair amount of time in Aerostars. They can carry a good amount of ice but we found out you need to worry about tail ice especially when using flaps. From the video it sounds like he is carrying a lot of power and it looks like the gear is up. The flight aware data shows he got a lot...