The pitot static system had demonstrated itself to be failing, leading the pilots to lose faith in their instruments.
Let he who has flown in the soup with flaky instrumentation cast the first stone.
Let he who has flown in the soup with flaky instrumentation cast the first stone.
If that alarm was functional and activated before they entered that stall profile, it was, in my opinion, some serious misjudgement by the pilots not to turn the pitot heat on.
But then again, I've only flown a PA-38 on storm conditions, so take this with a huge grain of salt.