Crj-700 first officer reported the captain's window iced up on the inside at FL380 resulting in impa...

Narrative:

[We were] flying at FL380 [when the] captain's side windshield iced up rapidly. Like something out of that movie; 'the day after tomorrow'. Except the ice was on the inside of the window and it wouldn't come off. At that point we were concerned with the window blowing and/or my window getting iced up and neither of us being able to see outside. I selected the windshield heat to high to no avail. So we [advised ATC] and began a rapid descent down to FL240. On the descent the ca deployed the flight spoilers to help us get down quicker. And we got the amber flight spoileron message and the amber flight spoiler message. At this point the ice was only getting worse on the captain's window so we both decided that it would be best if I flew the approach. I landed and we had fire trucks follow us down the runway; and had to wait until the window [thawed] before we could taxi clear of the runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ-700 First Officer reported the Captain's window iced up on the inside at FL380 resulting in impaired vision and did not clear up until it thawed after landing.

Narrative: [We were] flying at FL380 [when the] Captain's side windshield iced up rapidly. Like something out of that movie; 'The Day After Tomorrow'. Except the ice was on the inside of the window and it wouldn't come off. At that point we were concerned with the window blowing and/or my window getting iced up and neither of us being able to see outside. I selected the windshield heat to high to no avail. So we [advised ATC] and began a rapid descent down to FL240. On the descent the CA deployed the flight spoilers to help us get down quicker. And we got the Amber FLT SPOILERON MSG and the Amber FLT SPOILER MSG. At this point the ice was only getting worse on the Captain's window so we both decided that it would be best if I flew the approach. I landed and we had fire trucks follow us down the runway; and had to wait until the window [thawed] before we could taxi clear of the runway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1460748
Time
Date	201706
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Window Ice/Rain System
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Crj-700 first officer reported the captain's window iced up on the inside at FL380 resulting in impaired vision and did not clear up until it thawed after landing.