If your POH says flight into known icing is prohibited, you can't do it. But icing in the real world isn't so cut-and-dried. How will you complete a flight that hasn't seen a hint of ice, even in sub-freezing temps, but where descending into the clouds below you could be a non-event—or an emergency you're ill-equipped to handle.
Doug Stewart
Doug Stewart was the “National Certificated Flight Instructor of the Year” in 2004 and NAFI Flight Instructor Hall of Fame in 2023. A Master Certified Flight Instructor, Gold Seal Instructor and Designated Pilot Examiner – he is based at the Columbia County Airport (1B1) in Hudson, NY.
Doug owns and operates his own flight school specializing in instrument training and has logged over 12,500 hours of dual instruction given, with over 5,700 hours of that being instrument instruction. He regularly gives instruction in aircraft as simple as the J-3 Cub, and as complex as the Piper Malibu / Mirage.
