Scott Skylane wrote:

Ron Lee wrote:

And the reports seem to glorify the BRS yet nothing is mentioned of
why the pilot entered icing conditions and if that should have been
anticipated.

Ron Lee

Another point to consider, weather conditions on the ground at that time
were quite good. Birmingham reported about 4300 Broken, temp +9C.
Montgomery had 3500 Scattered, +14C. Odds are, he could have just
descended into warmer, clearer air, shed the ice, and flew on, a bit
wiser and scareder(sp?). We'll never know, of course, and you can't
argue with "success", but I have to wonder about this "pull the chute if
anything is amiss, and let the chips fall where they may(so to speak)"
mentality that the BRS types advocate. Someday, someone's going to get
hurt, when they didn't have to.

Ok, so the PIREP shows severe icing at 7700 to 9000'. Ground temp at
Montgomery +14C. Assume 3 degree decrease per 1K feet and freezing
level may have been around 5000'. Temps below freezing and in clouds.

Now is that conducive to icing?

Ron Lee