Using the NTSB document provided in this week's Reading & Study folder, examine the Montrose Colorado
takeoff accident (NTSB/AAB-06/03) and explain what effect the icing condition had on takeoff performance.
Discuss how the pilot’s normal training for performing a takeoff in this aircraft may have contributed to this
accident . Also, comment on whether the aircrew could have done anything different once
airborne to prevent this accident from occurring and why it would have been successful.(300 words)
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