Scary Icing ATC tape

On 2/3/2007 7:41:13 AM, B A R R Y wrote:


I did find it weird that when he pointed out more, possibly freezing,
rain ahead, and that she's flying @ in 0C air, she didn't seem that
interested.

I recall the conditions that night as it was over Buffalo, NY, a city to
which I commute weekly via my Bonanza V35.

The controller was wrong in assuming there was freezing rain. Rather, the
precipitation to which he referred was really snow. Her demise was a case of
good old rime icing in the clouds.

--
Peter