Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Weather
While descending into TRI for the approach to Runway 5 we encountered IMC between 7;000 feet thru 3;000 feet; we activated wing/cowl anti-ice and were in icing conditions for an estimated three to four minutes. The approach to Runway 5 was VMC; after exiting the runway I noticed an unusually heavy amount of ice on the windshield wiper and commented on it; mentioning the tail may have accumulated ice. My First Officer conducted the post flight and confirmed tail icing about one half inch in thickness on all forward tail surfaces. Both he and I took pictures.We are told this aircraft will not ice on the vertical or horizontal stabilizer. We were in icing conditions for a couple minutes and acquired more ice than I've seen on this aircraft; probably in the 11 1/2 years I've flown it. Had we been holding in these conditions for any period of time we might have encountered a major problem.
CRJ-200 Captain reported noting a significant amount of ice accumulation on tail surfaces after landing at TRI.