An air carrier first officer reported anti-ice duct warning message during approach in icing conditi...

Attributes
ACN	872355
Time
Date	201002
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pneumatic Ducting
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

On downwind we received an anti-ice duct warning message. We reviewed the QRH which required us to leave icing conditions. That was an unsafe option for us (icing conditions above FL230 and the nearest suitable alternate was thirty minutes away). Obviously the correct thing to do was to continue the approach. This procedure in the QRH must be addressed. It assumes you will leave icing conditions; which in our case was impractical and dangerous. It would be helpful if there were a line that would take a pilot in my situation to the ice dispersal procedure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An Air Carrier First Officer reported Anti-ice Duct Warning Message during approach in icing conditions. The QRH advises to leave icing conditions which was accomplished by continuing to a landing.

Narrative: On downwind we received an ANTI-ICE DUCT Warning Message. We reviewed the QRH which required us to leave icing conditions. That was an unsafe option for us (Icing conditions above FL230 and the nearest suitable alternate was thirty minutes away). Obviously the correct thing to do was to continue the approach. This procedure in the QRH must be addressed. It assumes you will leave icing conditions; which in our case was impractical and dangerous. It would be helpful if there were a line that would take a pilot in my situation to the ice dispersal procedure.

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.

An air carrier first officer reported anti-ice duct warning message during approach in icing conditions. The QRH advises to leave icing conditions which was accomplished by continuing to a landing.