Flight into known icing conditions

[AceCrackshot]

I second AirPirateRob's advice about ice. I would also include mountain lifting action as a dangerous and unpredictable adjunct to the whole icing thing. I've had ground level mist get carried up and turn a 1900 into an ice chest.

Preflight your boots! If you have this stuff, make sure it works. If you don't, think long and hard before going.

There are some applications that are supposed to assist the boots in shedding ice (bootblack?) Since we weren't authorized to use them, we found shooting the leading edge w/ Type 1 really helped. It stays on longer than you would think (sometimes a couple of hours), and I believe the mechanism is nothing more than decreasing the tendancy of ice to adhere to old rubber and bridge.

And yeah Rob, New Mexico is icing central. And I just lifted a Blvd. Unfiltered Wheat for ya, buddy!

 

[Airpiraterob]

rock on crackshot....rock on....

youre making my mouth water! i miss the Blvd. unfiltered wheat so badly!....i just bought a 12 of Labatt Blue.....christ i'm actually drinking labatt's.... i gotta get outta here

 

[AK cowboy]

Nome can get nasty, your a lucky one, a hard lesson with little options and fewer runways, be careful.

 

[Dr4uh60l]

I fly into icing conditions in a Cessna 210 Part 135. Some have boots and some have TKS System, but ALL are certified for icing conditions if icing is forecast or reported.

Having de-ice/anti-ice equipment takes away some of the limitations that icing conditions would impose on mission accomplishment, however, it doesn't make you immune to the dangers of ice.

There are times when the temp and conditions would leave ice on the airplane at the time of landing. You should be aware that the stall speed is greater witht the LEAST LITTLE BIT of ice on the plane. My normal landing speed is 85kts. With ice on the plane, I land and no slower than 100kts. That's LAND, not APPROACH. With ice on the plane you actally fly the airplane all the way to the ground. If you flare and try to do a normal stall/landing, you will stall and the bottom WILL fall out from under you. There are no grace points as stake here--you just have to get it on the ground safely.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TAKE OFF WITH ANY ICE ON THE PLANE!!! IT WILL NOT CLIMB!! This includes frost, unless it has been rubbed so it is smooth. All the ragged peaks of the frost cause a lot of parasite drag and will decrease your lifting ability by as much as 40% from what I've read.

Hate to be so long-winded, but I could go on and on. There is a lot of information in the posts above. You can read a lot about this, but you won't learn until you really experience it. Just be sure you have the right equipment and respect Mother Nature!