Narrative:

At the gate in yul, the F100 had less than 1/4 inch melting snow on top of the fuselage and a small amount of snow in the right engine inlet since the right cover had fallen off. I attempted to refer to the procedure as specified in the book, but it was no longer listed. Referred to operating manual. I missed the procedure. I called dispatch concerning procedure to see if it was still active and was referred to maintenance controller. Since this is a flight crew procedure, neither I nor dispatch was familiar. We had ground crew clear the snow from the right engine inlet. Proceeded to pad for deicing followed by normal wet snow corrected departure. In-flight, found new notes in operating manual normal section general. According to this, certified deicing personnel should have performed the inspection to determine if contamination was present. As far as I know, the ground crew was not certified. We should also have removed all the snow from the top of the fuselage. Supplemental information from acn 566088: during walkaround at the gate in yul, I noticed the aircraft had less than 1/4 inch melting snow on the top of the fuselage and small amount in the right engine inlet since the engine cover had fallen off. We had the snow removed from the engine by ground crew. I do not know if they were a certified deicer. We proceeded to deicing pad with no problems and departed runway 24R with contaminated runway corrections. During flight, found new procedure in flight manual.

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Title: F100 CREW FOUND SNOW ON THE ON THE ACFT DURING THE WALKAROUND INSPECTION, BY THE FO, AT CYUL.

Narrative: AT THE GATE IN YUL, THE F100 HAD LESS THAN 1/4 INCH MELTING SNOW ON TOP OF THE FUSELAGE AND A SMALL AMOUNT OF SNOW IN THE R ENG INLET SINCE THE R COVER HAD FALLEN OFF. I ATTEMPTED TO REFER TO THE PROC AS SPECIFIED IN THE BOOK, BUT IT WAS NO LONGER LISTED. REFERRED TO OPERATING MANUAL. I MISSED THE PROC. I CALLED DISPATCH CONCERNING PROC TO SEE IF IT WAS STILL ACTIVE AND WAS REFERRED TO MAINT CTLR. SINCE THIS IS A FLC PROC, NEITHER I NOR DISPATCH WAS FAMILIAR. WE HAD GND CREW CLR THE SNOW FROM THE R ENG INLET. PROCEEDED TO PAD FOR DEICING FOLLOWED BY NORMAL WET SNOW CORRECTED DEP. INFLT, FOUND NEW NOTES IN OPERATING MANUAL NORMAL SECTION GENERAL. ACCORDING TO THIS, CERTIFIED DEICING PERSONNEL SHOULD HAVE PERFORMED THE INSPECTION TO DETERMINE IF CONTAMINATION WAS PRESENT. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THE GND CREW WAS NOT CERTIFIED. WE SHOULD ALSO HAVE REMOVED ALL THE SNOW FROM THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 566088: DURING WALKAROUND AT THE GATE IN YUL, I NOTICED THE ACFT HAD LESS THAN 1/4 INCH MELTING SNOW ON THE TOP OF THE FUSELAGE AND SMALL AMOUNT IN THE R ENG INLET SINCE THE ENG COVER HAD FALLEN OFF. WE HAD THE SNOW REMOVED FROM THE ENG BY GND CREW. I DO NOT KNOW IF THEY WERE A CERTIFIED DEICER. WE PROCEEDED TO DEICING PAD WITH NO PROBS AND DEPARTED RWY 24R WITH CONTAMINATED RWY CORRECTIONS. DURING FLT, FOUND NEW PROC IN FLT MANUAL.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.