Some aircraft are equipped with pneumatic deicing boots that disperse ice build-up on the surface.
They had lost control of the aircraft due to a severe ice build-up.
It is possible for any moisture in an LNB to physically freeze due to ice build-up in very low temperatures.
In season 4, episodes 9 & 10 used CGI to show how ice build-up would prove hazardous to the Coast Guard helicopter if its deicing systems failed.
The inspection team was called back to the pad (a contingency that has been practiced, and used before), to get a closer look at the ice build-up.
Driving safely requires the removal of the ice build-up.
A nickel alloy sheath protects the leading edge from wear, and a heating element on the inner part of the blade prevents ice build-up in bad weather.
Maintain equipment - Perform any scheduled maintenance on the units and keep evaporator coils clean and free of ice build-up.
This proved a problem during Michigan's notoriously harsh winters, when ice build-up on the tracks inhibited conductivity.
This was especially important in high latitudes where war experience had shown that spray could cause rapid and undesirable ice build-up on the forecastle.