Issues around de-ice on a 182

Andrew Gideon wrote in message gonline.com...

in Mooneys certified for known ice (presumably with a TKS, but that wasn't
clear to me). That seems unwise even for a known-ice certified aircraft.

Yes, he meant TKS -- TKS is the only known-ice system ever available
on a Mooney.


But I've no experience with Mooneys or known-ice certified aircraft, which
is why I'm asking.

To my knowledge, there has never been a single accident or incident
attributed to in-flight icing in a TKS known-ice airplane with a fully
operating and filled TKS tank on takeoff. Does anyone know of an
example to the contrary? If not, then it means the risk of an icing
accident in known or forecast light to moderate icing conditions in a
known-ice TKS airplane is less than the risk of an engine failure or
in-flight fire in day VFR conditions. That seems like a pretty
favorable risk profile to me.

--
Richard Kaplan, CFII

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