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PC12 flight crew experienced failure of deice boots during climbout; when the problem cannot be corrected they return to their departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 860067 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200911 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PC-12 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aerofoil Ice System |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
While climbing to cruise altitude turned on anti and de-ice equipment prior to icing conditions. While in cruise received a de-ice boot failure. Ran the appropriate checklist and concluded no fix for the failure. Contacted center and advised them of our situation. Requested return to departure airport and were given vectors back. Requested lower altitude and were given 3000 ft. Once at 3000 ft we were clear of icing conditions and vectored back to the airport where we landed safely. First officer was the pilot flying and I was the pilot monitoring. Unknown why failure happened. We were unable to discuss this directly with maintenance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PC12 flight crew experienced failure of deice boots during climbout; when the problem cannot be corrected they return to their departure airport.
Narrative: While climbing to cruise altitude turned on anti and de-ice equipment prior to icing conditions. While in cruise received a de-ice boot failure. Ran the appropriate checklist and concluded no fix for the failure. Contacted Center and advised them of our situation. Requested return to departure airport and were given vectors back. Requested lower altitude and were given 3000 FT. Once at 3000 FT we were clear of icing conditions and vectored back to the airport where we landed safely. First Officer was the pilot flying and I was the pilot monitoring. Unknown why failure happened. We were unable to discuss this directly with maintenance.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.