Jose wrote:
I had carb ice in the =runup= in a Dakota that had never had any kind of
carb ice problems before. It was warm and humid, ideal conditions, but
the engine hadn't been running for ten minutes yet. I applied runup
power and checked mags and such, no issue. Then I pulled the power all
the way back and the engine died. Tried it a few times, then took it
back to have it looked at. Nothing amiss. Final conclusion is that it
was probably carb ice.

Never happened before, or since.

Jose

In beautiful MN in the winter months I occasionally get carb ice while
on the ground checking ATIS. It's just like in the textbook ... an
unexplained loss of RPM. Usually the dew point spread is at least a few
degrees, so it is odd (and memorable) when it happens.

This has happened in both C172s and a Piper (can't remember if it was
the Archer or the Warrior).




Mike