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TRAINING & SAFETY

Airframe Icing

Accident Case Study

Ride along for this chilling re-creation and analysis of an accident that occurred when the pilot of a Cirrus SR22 encountered unforecast icing over the Sierra Nevada mountains. (This is a video rendering of a 2009 online course that was built in Adobe Flash.)
Tablet: Compatible
Length: 13:22 mins
Topic: Aeronautical Decision Making, Icing and Cold Weather Ops
FAA WINGS: Eligible*
Accident Forgiveness: Eligible

Join the AOPA Air Safety Institute in examining the circumstances that led to tragedy. Then, please share lessons learned to help others avoid a similar fate.

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This video qualifies for AOPA Accident Forgiveness.

*WINGS credits are submitted to the FAA every one to two business days and will appear on your FAA transcript shortly after. Remember the email address used for your AOPA web account—the one that you will use to earn your ASI completion certificate for credit—MUST MATCH YOUR FAA WINGS ACCOUNT email address, or you will not receive WINGS credit. Thank you.