PA28 pilot on IFR flight plan reports encountering icing conditions and descending below MVA to get ...

Attributes
ACN	816466
Time
Date	200812
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	Ice
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz.tracon
Operator	general aviation : instructional
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 3 flight time total : 576 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	816466
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

Picked up ice enroute back to ZZZ while in clouds. Had to descend below MVA to escape ice; declared emergency; proceeded direct to ZZZ and landed with no issues.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA28 pilot on IFR flight plan reports encountering icing conditions and descending below MVA to get clear.

Narrative: Picked up ice enroute back to ZZZ while in clouds. Had to descend below MVA to escape ice; declared emergency; proceeded direct to ZZZ and landed with no issues.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.