SE airplanes in clouds - near freezing level

Mark Hansen wrote:
On 12/22/06 15:49, Frank Stutzman wrote:
Doug wrote:
You ice up, can't climb and are forced to descend into unknown
terrain/ceilings. Definitely DON'T do that.

Given enough ice, you don't really have any other options.


I read his comment as "Don't allow yourself to get into this
situation in the first place."

Of course, once you're there, there's no going back ;-\

Personally, if I have warm MEA's below me I don't worry about it too
much. You just need to keep outs. Being able to decend into warm air is
an out. It varies greatly with the type of clouds you are in too.
Stratus clouds have large areas of ice but thin altitudes. CU clouds
tend to have verticle ice for thousands of feet but you pass through
them quickly. Mixed of course is the worse.
From practicle point of view there are two types of instrument pilots.
Those that have encountered ice and those that keep their instrument
ticket at home.

-Robert