Looks like it wouldn’t take very much snow to have prop clearance be an issue.

Zzz wrote:

rw2 wrote:

Zzz wrote:But then you lay awake at night, worrying about your airplane legality.

And insurability. Most people would probably not be happy to have the carrier walk away from a loss due to intentionally flying illegal parts.

Does this happen? People warn about it but I've never heard an anecdote. Do insurance policies expressly mention anything along these lines?

I know of an aircraft that was a total loss and had very significant paperwork issues, to the point that lawsuits were threatened by STC holders. They still got their full payout on the insurance check.