On Sun, 29 Oct 2006 04:37:18 -0000, Jim Logajan
wrote:

Peter Clark wrote:
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 11:11:57 -0700, unicate wrote:
Thank you. That was my question ... not whether or not a parachute
could sustain an airplane with ice, but whether or not a parachute
itself is susceptible to ice and resulting failure.

http://fl250.blogspot.com/2006_01_01_fl250_archive.html

Check the "Craziest Pirep Ever" section.

I searched the NTSB database for non-fatal Cirrus accidents that mentioned
icing and this looks like it may be the report for the above mentioned
accident:

http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?e...18X00086&key=1

The narrative makes it clear the pilot had gonzo amounts of experience, yet
seemed oblivious to the on-board XM Satellite Radio AIRMET updates and
relied on weather reports that were out-of-date when he departed.

This pilot doesn't fit the alleged pattern of low-time but financially
well-off pilot that people are accusing Cirrus of marketing their product.

Just for the record, I was only addressing the question of whether a
parachute would deal with being pulled in icing and getting the
aircraft back down in one piece, I'm not going anywhere near the
marketing debate.

And of course we now have a sample of exactly one where it's known
that there was severe icing and a chute was popped - who knows if the
next one would be as successful...