On Dec 2, 2:30 pm, "Blueskies" wrote:

The airplane is NOT approved for flight into *known* icing conditions. So when a pilot finds himself in those conditions
in one of these planes, Cessna is to blame if he/she screws up and crashes...

So, why do so many of them have boots and hot props and all
the rest? It would seem to add a lot of expensive weight if flight
through known ice is forbidden. What does FedEx do with their Caravans
when the weather is less than CAVU? Ground them?

I quote the first paragraph from a Transport Canada Service Difficulty
Alert:

"Cessna 208 (Caravan) Series - Operation Into Known or Forecast Icing
Conditions

"The Cessna Model 208 and 208B (Caravan) airplanes (C208), when
appropriately equipped, are certified for flight into the continuous
maximum and intermittent maximum icing conditions specified in Federal
Aviation Regulations (FAR) 25, Appendix C, in accordance with FAR
23.1419. However, there have been numerous documented cases of icing
related accidents/incidents involving the operation of the C208."

Read the rest at http://www.tc.gc.ca/CivilAviation/ce...rt/2006-01.htm

Dan