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anti icing, deicing equipment on board aircraft.

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I have heard long time ago that the equipment installed to work against cold on C172S (such as pitot heat, windshield defroster? etc...) are approved as anti icing/deicing equipment. I did internet research and most of the articles + documents were related to anti icing procedures.

Do you know where and in which document it clearly states about the equipment that are approved in order to operate in icing conditions?

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  1. Koehn on Apr 26, 2017

    Check out FAR 91.527 for the regulation in question. No Cessna 172 is approved for Flight Into Kniwn Icing (FIKI). The NTSB accident database is full of reports of what happens when you try this. Stay safe.

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