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Old 31st Jan 2013, 17:13
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Be careful there DB6 - no aircraft that I am aware of is certified for flight into known icing conditions where those icing conditions are a result of freezing rain. You're right that landing is different from take-off, but still - some AFM's limit the precipitation type so it is incorrect to use a catch-all phrase.

Eightsonpylons: consider this document from Transport Canada. Granted, it talks about takeoff when your question asked about landing, but it covers the FZRA issue. Winter Operations - Transport Canada

I agree with the first poster - why chance it? If your alternate airport is close by and they are not reporting FZRA, then go there. If, however, you find yourself on final encountering FZRA, then assess, but a landing may be more prudent then continuing flight and diverting in those conditions. I once had icing in FZRA so bad that the airplane was descending with full power and props in a Dash-8...I don't want to imagine the same situation occurring down near the ground.
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