On Mon, 27 Mar 2006 06:23:56 -0500, "Gary Drescher"
wrote:

Of course, if there isn't a sound immediate escape option in the event that
the forecast is right, the flight would be unsafe (in a plane that's not
certified for known icing) and (incidentally) therefore illegal.

I agree the flight would be unsafe, and possibly illegal under the careless
and reckless clause. But I think the issue of whether it would be
otherwise illegal hinges not on whether the a/c is certified for known
icing, but rather whether there is a prohibition in the POH/AFM against
flight into known icing conditions.

My "mature" Mooney, and many other older small a/c, do not have such a
prohibition in their documents.


Ron (EPM) (N5843Q, Mooney M20E) (CP, ASEL, ASES, IA)