I flew Leg 3 (PASI to PAEN) of my around the world trip last weekend.  The flight was going well until I hit an icing layer that iced up the aircraft - and nothing would clear the ice due to cold OATs, not even descending to traffic pattern altitude and flying around for a while.   I ended up landing with the windscreen basically totally iced over, using only a small area on the right hand side.

For Leg 4 (PAEN to PAJC) today I managed to avoid any icing.  However the weather at PAJC when I arrived was very bad, below VFR minimums.  Due to an embarrassing pre-flight checklist error, I took off with 50% fuel and only had ~6 gal of useable fuel remaining at PAJC, so diverting to another airport with better weather was not an option.  PAJC doesn't have any instrument approaches.

So, I cheated a bit and created an approach in LittleNavMap and flew that down to ~200 feet above the field.  At that point the large grass strip cutting across the small peninsula was clearly visible and I was able to safely land.  (If the G1000 in the game was better modeled, I could have done the same by using the OBS mode the airport waypoint out along the same heading as the runway, and starting my descent about 3 nm out).  Thankfully I have been practicing flying this plane 'by the numbers' so I was able to get a nice 3 degree stabilized descent setup with minimal workload so I could focus on looking outside to see the field.

 

Edited October 25, 20205 yr by marsman2020

Yes, the windshield icing, I've consistently noticed....hopefully, there will be a fix for that soon...

Nonetheless, great report from these legs of the Trip....along with lovely pictures, as always....!!

[Time, now, to get some rest in that quiet Cabin...🙂...before the next flight....]