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AA.VII.A.K6

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Actions required if icing conditions exceed the capabilities of the aircraft.

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  • Chapter 4. FLIGHT PLANNING › 4-3. PIREP CAUTIONS › b. No Icing Reported

    Icing Reported. An aircraft encountered icing, but the pilot did not report it. Pilot workloads might prevent a pilot from making a report, particularly when making an approach. An aircraft might also encounter icing conditions that are more serious than ... those are reported in any recent PIREPs in the given area. There are several possible reasons for this: (1) Icing conditions are extremely variable in space and time, as previously noted. PIREPs depend on the type and ice protection…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › I

    purposes is less than ¼ inch (6 mm) per hour on the outer wing. The pilot should consider exiting the icing conditions before they become worse. b. Light- The rate of ice accumulation requires occasional cycling of manual deicing systems ... minimize ice accretions on the airframe. A representative accretion rate for reference purposes is ¼ inch to 1 inch (0.6 to 2.5 cm) per hour on the unprotected part of the outer wing. The pilot should consider exiting the icing condition…

  • Chapter 7. Safety of Flight › Section 1. Meteorology › 7-1-19. PIREPs Relating to Airframe Icing

    hour on the unprotected part of the outer wing. The pilot should consider exiting the icing condition. 3. Moderate. The rate of ice accumulation requires frequent cycling of manual deicing systems to minimize ice accretions on the airframe. A representative ... hour on the unprotected part of the outer wing. The pilot should consider exiting the icing condition as soon as possible. 4. Severe. The rate of ice accumulation is such that ice protection systems fail to remove the accumulation…

  • 14 CFR § 91.1089 Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator).

    Qualifications: Check pilots (aircraft) and check pilots (simulator). (a) For the purposes of this section and § 91.1093: (1) A check pilot (aircraft) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks in an aircraft, in a flight simulator ... flight training device for a particular type aircraft. (2) A check pilot (simulator) is a person who is qualified to conduct flight checks, but only in a flight simulator, in a flight training device, or both, for a particular type…

  • 14 CFR § 91.1065 Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements.

    Initial and recurrent pilot testing requirements. situations, in case of inadvertent encounters, including low-altitude windshear (except that rotorcraft aircraft pilots are not required to be tested on escaping from low-altitude windshear); and (iii) Operating in or near thunderstorms ... including best penetration altitudes), turbulent air (including clear air turbulence), icing, hail, and other potentially hazardous meteorological conditions; and (8) New equipment, procedures, or techniques, as appropriate. (b) No program manager or owner may use a pilot…

  • 14 CFR § 91.527 Operating in icing conditions.

    Operating in icing conditions. (a) No pilot may take off an airplane that has frost, ice, or snow adhering to any propeller, windshield, stabilizing or control surface; to a powerplant installation; or to an airspeed, altimeter, rate of climb ... authorized by the FAA. (b) No pilot may fly under IFR into known or forecast light or moderate icing conditions, or under VFR into known light or moderate icing conditions, unless— (1) The aircraft has functioning deicing or anti-icing…