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Corporate Creators:
United States. Dept. of Transportation. Office of Inspector General
Subject/TRT Terms:
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Airports Compliance Deicing FAA Deicing Program Regulations Inspection Operations Regulations
Publication/ Report Number:
Report Number: E5-FA-7-002
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.21949/1403845
Resource Type:
Tech Report
NTL Classification:
NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Laws and Regulations;NTL-AVIATION-Aviation Safety/Airworthiness;
Abstract:
The Office of Inspector General, Department of Transportation; conducted a

followup inspection of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Deicing

Program. We initiated this study to observe deicing operations as a followup to

our report on the FAA Deicing Program, (No. E5-FA-7-001, dated October 2, 1996).

The objective of this inspection was to determine if deicing operations at

selected airports were in compliance with FAA regulations.

At the two airports -- La Guardia Airport, New York, New York, and O'Hare

International Airport, Chicago, Illinois, where we observed deciing operations,

we found deicing operations are in compliance with FAA Deicing Program

regulations. For example, air carriers canceled, or delayed, flights because

of adverse weather; aircraft appeared to be free of snow and ice at takeoff; air

carriers at O'Hare were using new, longer lasting anti-icing fluids that

increase holdover times (i.e., the elapsed time before an aircraft must repeat

deicing fluid application); and FAA, airport operators, and air carriers were

working together to avoid expired holdover times for aircraft.


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Collection(s):
US Transportation Collection
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urn:sha256:c82f33290f09b0f33508eab8c9e37b2937af9d03b3ec3a20780284f119a68a35
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https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/12993/dot_12993_DS1.pdf
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