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BEECHCAAFT
Safety lnformatlon
For any owner
or
pilot whose use pattern for an
aircraft ex.poses
it
to icing encounters, the following
references are required reading for safe flying:
The aircraft's Information Manual, ex.pecially the
sections
on
Normal
Procedures.
Emergenc
y
Procedures. Systems. and Safety Information.
FAA Advisory Circular
91-51
- Airplane Deice
and Anti-ice Systems.
Weather Flying. by Robert N. Buck.
Finally. the most important ingredients to safe flight
in
icing conditions - regardless
of
the aircraft
or
the
combination of deicing/anti-icing equipment
- are a
complete and current weather briefing. sound pilot
judgment, close attention to the rate and type
of
ice
accumulations,
and
the
knowledge that
"severe
icing„ as defined by the National Weather Service
is
beyond
the
capability
of
modern
aircraft
and
immediate
diversion
must
be
made.
lt
is
the
inexperienced or uneducated pilot who presses on
"regardless'".
hoping
that
steadily
worsening
conditions
will
improve. only to find himself flying
an airplane which has become so loaded with ice
10-32
March, 1981
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