"John Harper" wrote in
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Mike Rapoport wrote:

There is nothing wrong with Cirrus' deicing system. A TKS type sytem is
pretty much immune from being overwhelmed by icing because the fluid runs
back and protects the entire wing.

Mike
MU-2


But surely in this case it MUST have been overwhelmed, otherwise why
would he have crashed?

I was thinking of getting the TKS system on my 182 once it is
certificated, but this has pretty much put me off.

John


Lots of airplane crash without any ice. The TKS system CAN'T be
overwhelmed. The fluid forms a layer that doesn't stick to either the
airplane or the ice. Makes one wonder if there was any fluid in the system
when he took off.

Mike
MU-2