A Tiger by the Tail: Tangling With Tailplane Icing

It was about 6:30 one late January evening when pilot David Kobus departed northern Maine in a Grand Caravan on a freight run to Manchester, N.H. The temperature was above freezing, and a cool mist filled the cloud-covered skies. Pilot reports indicated cloud tops at 10,000 feet msl, so Kobus...

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