Issues around de-ice on a 182

Andrew Gideon wrote:

Richard Kaplan wrote:

First off, if the C182 system is not known-ice then it is not legal to use
in either forecast or reported icing.

Hmm...based upon what are you making this statement? Note that I'm not
speaking of "wise" or "smart", but merely "legal".

I read of a legal opinion issued by the FAA a year or two ago to the effect that
forecast icing is "known icing". An article in AOPA Pilot (link below) states that
91.527 forbids flight into forecast icing without "known ice" capability and at seems
to state that it applies to all aircraft. You might ask the author this question.

http://www.aopa.org/members/ftmag/ar...fm?article=772

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