AOPA’S AIR SAFETY INSTITUTE RELEASES AVOIDING AND ESCAPING ICING CONDITIONS IN THE BEYOND PROFICIENT: IFR VIDEO SERIES
FREDERICK, Md., Dec. 22, 2023—The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association Air Safety Institute (ASI) released a new video in its Beyond Proficient: IFR video series that offers strategies to mitigate airframe icing risks.
“Avoiding and Escaping Icing Conditions reviews preflight considerations to prevent in-flight icing and what to do when encountering icing conditions in flight,” said ASI Senior Director Paul Deres. “A key to icing avoidance is to diligently study current aviation weather observations and aviation weather product forecasts that can alert us to potential icing threats.”
“Structural or airframe icing, the focus of this video, is a major cold-weather hazard, especially for instrument-rated pilots who fly in instrument meteorological conditions. This type of icing causes about five accidents a year with nearly half being fatal,” Deres concluded.
ASI collaborated with FlightInsight to create the series’ videos that offer tips and tricks to master complex instrument flying aspects.
View Avoiding and Escaping Icing Conditions now.
View other videos in the Beyond Proficient series.
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