In more than 40 years of flying, Mary Schu says she has never been more frightened than the day she encountered extreme icing in flight.
Icing 101
Key Takeaways:
- Icing is an extremely dangerous and often unpredictable aviation hazard that severely degrades aircraft performance, as illustrated by a flight instructor's harrowing experience.
- Thorough preflight planning is crucial, requiring pilots to utilize and cross-reference multiple aviation weather sources like ADDS, TAFs, METARs, and Skew-T diagrams to assess potential icing conditions.
- If icing is encountered, immediate and decisive action is vital, including utilizing aircraft anti-ice systems (if FIKI-certified), executing pre-planned "golden back doors" to exit the conditions, and promptly declaring an emergency to leverage ATC support.
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