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Dispatcher reports C182 arriving at at the transient line with over an inch of ice on the leading edges. The pilot returned to the airport later; obtained a weather briefing; scraped off the ice; and departed into the same conditions after dark.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 871951 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201002 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Dispatcher Other / Unknown FBO Personnel |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Commercial Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Dispatch Dispatch 5.5 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 76 Flight Crew Total 930 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
During the afternoon a gentleman flew a cessna 182 into the airport where I work as a CFI and dispatcher. After he parked and left the airport; rumor spread that he landed with over an inch of ice on the airplane. I went out to investigate and I found about an inch of ice covering the front of the aircraft; leading edges of wings; stabilizers and air intake. Later that day the gentleman returned for his departure while I was working dispatch. The weather had not changed from earlier in the day so I got a little confused that he actually came back out to fly. I checked the weather and there were multiple PIREPS for icing between roughly 3;000 and 6;000 for our area. The metar around the departure time was 29007KT 2SM -sn br BKN010 OVC017 M01/M03 A3024 rmk AO2 P0001. The temperature/dew point was absolutely perfect for icing. The gentleman asked the line crew office for a car scraper and headed out to the airplane to scrape off the old ice so that he could take off. This was when I became alarmed. After scraping the gentleman came back inside and checked the weather and even got a weather briefing. After the briefing I stopped him and we talked about the weather. During the conversation he told me there were PIREPS for icing in the area and he knew that he was probably going to pick it up when he took off. I told him that I would not go and I strongly advised him not too. He said he was nervous and I told him he did not have to go and I even told him I could find him a motel nearby. He declined and continued out to the airplane; with the attitude that he would be fine. Once more before he left I stopped him on the ramp and said; 'are you sure there is nothing I can do to stop you from going up tonight?' his reply was; 'no; I'll be alright;' and he departed. A sampling of some PIREPS from the previous 6 hours included reports of both light rime and light clear icing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Dispatcher reports C182 arriving at at the transient line with over an inch of ice on the leading edges. The pilot returned to the airport later; obtained a weather briefing; scraped off the ice; and departed into the same conditions after dark.
Narrative: During the afternoon a gentleman flew a Cessna 182 into the Airport where I work as a CFI and Dispatcher. After he parked and left the airport; rumor spread that he landed with over an inch of ice on the airplane. I went out to investigate and I found about an inch of ice covering the front of the aircraft; leading edges of wings; stabilizers and air intake. Later that day the gentleman returned for his departure while I was working Dispatch. The weather had not changed from earlier in the day so I got a little confused that he actually came back out to fly. I checked the weather and there were multiple PIREPS for icing between roughly 3;000 and 6;000 for our area. The METAR around the departure time was 29007KT 2SM -SN BR BKN010 OVC017 M01/M03 A3024 RMK AO2 P0001. The temperature/dew point was absolutely perfect for icing. The gentleman asked the Line Crew Office for a car scraper and headed out to the airplane to scrape off the old ice so that he could take off. This was when I became alarmed. After scraping the gentleman came back inside and checked the weather and even got a weather briefing. After the briefing I stopped him and we talked about the weather. During the conversation he told me there were PIREPS for icing in the area and he knew that he was probably going to pick it up when he took off. I told him that I would not go and I strongly advised him not too. He said he was nervous and I told him he did not have to go and I even told him I could find him a motel nearby. He declined and continued out to the airplane; with the attitude that he would be fine. Once more before he left I stopped him on the ramp and said; 'are you sure there is nothing I can do to stop you from going up tonight?' His reply was; 'no; I'll be alright;' and he departed. A sampling of some PIREPS from the previous 6 hours included reports of both light rime and light clear icing.
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.