When going into questionable WX I would have called to get a good weather brief. They always go over Pireps and what the weather is doing. While on the phone with them I generally have ADDS up looking at the progs, AIRMETS, and SIGMETS.
I would like to think I would have altered my route or delayed once seeing how vast that icing coverage was. I also think I might have considered staying low until I could climb above that mess. It's one thing to go into known icing when it's light. But even in the mighty King Air that is certified for known icing I get worried when I hear moderate and look at other options.
I have been in my share of icing in various planes in particular, I don't like the sound of a base ball bat hitting the fuselage when the props are slinging ice.
But, then again, this is not a discussion in our little ES.
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splitting this thread from John's. good tape. What would you have done and when? It's a turbine with tons of climb power and boots and you've seen moderate ice before.
a) stayed below IMC b) not entered IMC until you were guaranteed a continuous climb to fl200 c) accept clearance as given accident pilot and then violate clearance and continue climbing once icing got beyond light, declare emergency d) descend as soon as you saw ice e) something else
Colyn On Nov 8, 2013, at 7:31 AM, PETER WILLIAMS wrote:
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