Piston engine induction icing

Closed Thread Subscribe

Thread Tools

Search this Thread

18th Jan 2004, 21:31

#21 (permalink)

Tinstaafl

Join Date: Dec 1998

Location: Escapee from Ultima Thule

Posts: 4,273

Likes: 2

Received 2 Likes on 2 Posts

BN2, are you refering in general to carby icing can cause accidents? Or inferring that the PA44 is injected & even so sufferred an intake icing problem? It's a carby engine, hence why I was wondering...

24th Jan 2004, 20:49

#22 (permalink)

B2N2

Join Date: Dec 2001

Location: GA, USA

Posts: 3,211

Likes: 0

Received 23 Likes on 10 Posts

Can't remember if Pa44 is fuel-injected, but the report did state
"induction-icing", would imagine they would mention carb- ice if that was the case.
With fuel-injected systems the main danger would be obstruction of the intake right? So impact icing on the actual intake scoop.

25th Jan 2004, 07:56

#23 (permalink)

ROB-x38

Join Date: Nov 2003

Location: Australia

Posts: 126

Likes: 0

Received 0 Likes on 0 Posts

Quote:

Can't remember if Pa44 is fuel-injected

It's not (as mentioned by Tinstaffl) - (L)O-360-E1A6D on the PA-44-180.

Quote:

Survivors reported that the aircraft encountered induction icing conditions

It sounds like the report is using the term "induction icing conditions" rather than "carby icing conditions" as fuel-injected engines are still succeptible to some icing types given the 'right' conditions. ie: it's not referring to any particular aircraft/engine but to the weather at the time.