There is lot of “myths” around when one gets their PPL, these goes away when one gets better understanding of weather, more qualifications and more experience
Someone quoted this document which seems to be useful for someone who just started to read
https://www.astralaviationconsulting.co ... rces/icingAFAIK, you have to look very hard to find SEP airframe icing accidents in UK, maybe 2 or 3 in last 50 years? (obvious reasons: more awareness and it’s easy to avoid: flat terrain with low MSA, moderate temperatures and ability to fly off airways and outside airspace on IFR),
People take data from winter flying in Colorado or Alaska and make a whole dinner out of "airframe icing" or "FIKI aircrafts", in the other hand lot of engines certified in Florida/California will fall out of the sky in UK moist air and will require religious carb icing & alternate air application and awareness, it’s bad enough that CAA did write & send an AIC about it:
https://nats-uk.ead-it.com/cms-nats/exp ... 077_en.pdfNot down playing the risks or inflating them just understanding things better helps to get a sense of those that matter and those that don't … I think it's better for VFR PPL pilot to spend more time concentrating on carb/engine ice (maybe hundereds/thousands of accidents/incidents) and remain VMC and let "airframe icing" sleeps