Cold soaked fuel frost (CSFF)

Cold soaked fuel frost (CSFF)

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Non-Environmental Icing (NEI)

Description

Cold soaked fuel frost (CSFF) forms as a result of cold soaked fuel in contact with the top surface of the wings cooling the surface towards the temperature of the fuel. If the surrounding moist air cools below its dew-point, frost forms on the wing surface.

This phenomenon is only normally seen when the wing fuel tanks are full.

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