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The power settings used (because of the iced up PT-2 EPR probes) was not sufficient to sustain a climb after lift off. The fact that the aircraft became airborne at all strongly suggests the wings were not fouled / contaminated.
The aircraft could not climb with the thrust selected. Therefore why get hung up in a discussion on the degree of wing contamination when the aircraft performed as expected given the thrust used.
Was "ICE" an issue? Yes. But not on the wing.
Had the proper T/O thrust been used, no incident.
Had the crew firewalled the throttles as soon as the airspeed stopped accelerating, no incident.
The aircraft could not climb with the thrust selected. Therefore why get hung up in a discussion on the degree of wing contamination when the aircraft performed as expected given the thrust used.
Was "ICE" an issue? Yes. But not on the wing.
Had the proper T/O thrust been used, no incident.
Had the crew firewalled the throttles as soon as the airspeed stopped accelerating, no incident.
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