Other Emergencies; Icing - Diamond DA 40 Flight Manual

Emergency
Procedures

3.7 OTHER EMERGENCIES

3.7.1 ICING

Unintentional Flight Into Icing Conditions
1. Leave the icing area (by changing altitude or turning back, in order to
reach zones with a higher ambient temperature).
2. Pitot heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ON
3. Cabin heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ON
4. Air distributor lever . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • (up)
5. RPM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . increase, in order to prevent
6. Alternate air . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . OPEN
7. Emergency window(s) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . open if required
Ice build-up increases the stalling speed. If required for safety
reasons, engine speeds up to 2700 RPM are admissible
without time limit.
8. ATC . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . advise if an emergency is
When the Pitot heating fails, and the alternate static valve is
installed:
- Alternate static valve . . . . . . . . . . . OPEN
- Emergency window(s) . . . . . . . . . . close
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CAUTION
CAUTION
Rev. 8 01-Dec-2010
DA 40 AFM
ice build-up on the propeller
blades
expected
Doc. # 6.01.01-E