Narrative:

I got a WX briefing for IFR flight to do instrument approachs at youngstown regional airport (yng) and cuyahoga county airport (cgf). I filed for 5000 ft. No ice was forecast and temperature was 8 degrees C at 5000 ft. I took off and was handed off from cleveland, approach xferred me to youngstown approach. At about 15 mi from yng I started to pick up ice at 5000 ft on my outside temperature probe and on the leading edge of my wings. I told yng approach I was picking up ice and asked for lower altitude and was cleared to 4000 ft. At 4000 ft I was in broken ceiling and I thought I was still picking up ice and I asked approach for 3000 ft. The controller said there was a plane below at 3000 ft. I again asked for 3000 ft and again said I was picking up ice. Approach asked if I was canceling IFR and proceeding VFR. After a few comments with the controller I canceled IFR and descended to 3000 ft. The controller asked the VFR plane if he could see me and the pilot of the cessna 182 said he could see me 1/4 mi away. I proceeded VFR to cff and I contacted cleveland approach, requested and got cleared for an instrument approach to cgf. When I landed at cgf the tower told me to call the tower supervisor at yng. I did and the yng supervisor said they got concerned when I descended to an altitude where another plane was operating (3000 ft). The supervisor was pleasant and instructive. I said I should be clrer with the controller in the future. I asked if the supervisor would violate me and he said no. I thought the controller could have vectored me and the other plane so I would descend out of the ice. I should have been firm in my request for lower altitude. No action has been taken against me.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON A PLANNED IFR FLT A LIGHT ACFT ENCOUNTERS ICING. AFTER REQUESTING AND RECEIVING LOWER ALT TO EXIT THE CONDITION IFR WAS CANCELED AND FURTHER DSCNT MADE IN VFR CONDITIONS. ANOTHER ACFT WAS AT THE FINAL DSCNT ALT WITHIN ONE FOURTH OF A MI.

Narrative: I GOT A WX BRIEFING FOR IFR FLT TO DO INST APCHS AT YOUNGSTOWN REGIONAL ARPT (YNG) AND CUYAHOGA COUNTY ARPT (CGF). I FILED FOR 5000 FT. NO ICE WAS FORECAST AND TEMP WAS 8 DEGS C AT 5000 FT. I TOOK OFF AND WAS HANDED OFF FROM CLEVELAND, APCH XFERRED ME TO YOUNGSTOWN APCH. AT ABOUT 15 MI FROM YNG I STARTED TO PICK UP ICE AT 5000 FT ON MY OUTSIDE TEMP PROBE AND ON THE LEADING EDGE OF MY WINGS. I TOLD YNG APCH I WAS PICKING UP ICE AND ASKED FOR LOWER ALTITUDE AND WAS CLRED TO 4000 FT. AT 4000 FT I WAS IN BROKEN CEILING AND I THOUGHT I WAS STILL PICKING UP ICE AND I ASKED APCH FOR 3000 FT. THE CTLR SAID THERE WAS A PLANE BELOW AT 3000 FT. I AGAIN ASKED FOR 3000 FT AND AGAIN SAID I WAS PICKING UP ICE. APCH ASKED IF I WAS CANCELING IFR AND PROCEEDING VFR. AFTER A FEW COMMENTS WITH THE CTLR I CANCELED IFR AND DSNDED TO 3000 FT. THE CTLR ASKED THE VFR PLANE IF HE COULD SEE ME AND THE PLT OF THE CESSNA 182 SAID HE COULD SEE ME 1/4 MI AWAY. I PROCEEDED VFR TO CFF AND I CONTACTED CLEVELAND APCH, REQUESTED AND GOT CLRED FOR AN INST APCH TO CGF. WHEN I LANDED AT CGF THE TWR TOLD ME TO CALL THE TWR SUPVR AT YNG. I DID AND THE YNG SUPVR SAID THEY GOT CONCERNED WHEN I DSNDED TO AN ALT WHERE ANOTHER PLANE WAS OPERATING (3000 FT). THE SUPVR WAS PLEASANT AND INSTRUCTIVE. I SAID I SHOULD BE CLRER WITH THE CTLR IN THE FUTURE. I ASKED IF THE SUPVR WOULD VIOLATE ME AND HE SAID NO. I THOUGHT THE CTLR COULD HAVE VECTORED ME AND THE OTHER PLANE SO I WOULD DSND OUT OF THE ICE. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIRM IN MY REQUEST FOR LOWER ALT. NO ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN AGAINST ME.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.