Risk Management Magazine

Like all aviators, I’ve read a lot of articles on icing and events involving it. Each is unique, but there are also some similarities.

Striking a 150-pound deer with your vehicle can cause substantial damage, maybe even resulting in a total loss. Now imagine what a five-pound bird impacting an aircraft traveling at 120 knots or greater can do.

From the beginning of the mission briefing to the end of the debrief, it had already been a nine-and-a-half-hour work day. To add icing to the cake, I had to perform weekly radio maintenance the following day.