Inflight Icing - Foreign Reports

A number of foreign accident investigation authorities have produced some outstanding analyses of icing incidents, such as the two Australian Saab 340 events and the BAe ATP upset near Cowly, England in 1991. Additionally, the role of icing in five jet transport events has been documented by Canadian authorities in Air Canada flights 571, 646, 457 and 1130, as well as Canadian 48. It is worth pointing out that, as in many other cases, the ice protection system was not utilized in three of the five jet cases.

Shamrock 328

Shorts SD3-60
East Midlands, UK
January 31, 1986 

G-BMAU

Fokker F27
East Midlands, UK
January 18, 1987

Air Canada 571

Douglas DC-8
Edmonton, AL, Canada
March 28, 1989

G-BMYK

BAe ATP
Cowly, UK
August 11, 1991

C-FPQE

Shorts SD3-30
Umiujaq, QC, Canada
December 1, 1993

VR-BQB

Cessna Citation 560
Augsburg, Germany
January 2, 1996

Canadian 48

Boeing 767-375
Halifax, NS, Canada
March 8, 1996

Air Canada 646

Bombardier CL-600
Fredericton, NB, Canada
December 16, 1997

Alberta Citylink 933

BAe Jetstream 31
Lloydminster, AB, Canada
January 20, 1998

VH-LPI

Saab 340
Eildon Weir, VC, Australia
November 11, 1998

D-BCRR

Aerospatiale ATR-42
Cottbus, Germany
December 14, 1998

VH-OLM

Saab 340
Bathurst, NSW, Australia
June 22, 2002

Air Canada 457 and 1130

Airbus A-321
Toronto, ON, Canada
December 7, 2002

Transasia 791

Aerospatiale ATR-72
Makung City, Taiwan
December 21, 2002

C-GEJE

Raytheon B300
Timmons, ON, Canada
April 22, 2004