ScottM
Taxi to Parking
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iBazinga!
I was flying today and was just inside the bases of the clouds. The forecast was for broken clouds at 3000'AGL and PIREPs showed tops at about 6000'MSL. The first 30 minutes of the flight were in clear skies and the last 45 minutes looked to be just in the bases. I figured if any ice started I would just duck down out of the clouds. It was nice to be able to grab some IMC after a winter of not being able to fly too much.
I had been going in and out of small clouds for about 20 minutes when all of a sudden there was a little uplift and the front window instantly went into a frost covered state. WOW! I looked over to the left wing and could see a little rime ice forming on the fuel cap. I asked ATC for and got a descent to 4000MSL which put me just below the cloud bases and out of the icing. I was really amazed at how fast the ice started.
BTW the pitot heat was already on.
I had been going in and out of small clouds for about 20 minutes when all of a sudden there was a little uplift and the front window instantly went into a frost covered state. WOW! I looked over to the left wing and could see a little rime ice forming on the fuel cap. I asked ATC for and got a descent to 4000MSL which put me just below the cloud bases and out of the icing. I was really amazed at how fast the ice started.
BTW the pitot heat was already on.