<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1515155, January 2018

C172 flight instructor reported encountering ice and a resulting altitude deviation during descent with turbulence.

Attributes
ACN	1515155
Time
Date	201801
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Instructor Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 1460 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

After picking up ice we made the decision to descend. As we descended we passed through moderate turbulence. As this happened I was working on regaining control of the airplane wings level. This caused us to sink an extra 300 feet from 3;000. I promptly recovered by adding power and climbing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 flight instructor reported encountering ice and a resulting altitude deviation during descent with turbulence.

Narrative: After picking up ice we made the decision to descend. As we descended we passed through moderate turbulence. As this happened I was working on regaining control of the airplane wings level. This caused us to sink an extra 300 feet from 3;000. I promptly recovered by adding power and climbing.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.