PA-28 pilot reports momentarily losing control of his aircraft during a hand flown ILS approach in t...

Narrative:

I was hand flying the ILS to runway 2 approach at cou. Weather was turbulent with light to moderate chop; IMC conditions. Approximately 2.5 miles beyond the final fix; yatgu; the aircraft went into a left bank; nose down attitude. Corrections were applied and positive control was regained. Declared a missed approach and requested the RNAV 2 approach. Flew the approach without incident to a safe landing. Learned two days later at the FBO that a king air had landed before me reported weather difficulties on approach. This information was not provided by the tower and could have provided additional situational awareness before beginning the approach. [The information could have lead] to selecting a different approach or going to the alternate. Going forward; I will query ATC for any abnormal weather reports at my destination. I am going to get additional training on integrating the autopilot into my ILS approaches to reduce the workload. Also; after a long duration flight in IMC (3.3 hours) I will drink a bottle of water 30-45 minutes out and eat an energy bar to insure I am at the top of my game.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PA-28 pilot reports momentarily losing control of his aircraft during a hand flown ILS approach in turbulent IMC. A go-around is initiated and vectors to the RNAV approach the same runway are received to a successful landing. Fatigue and lack of pertinent Pireps were cited as contributing factors.

Narrative: I was hand flying the ILS to Runway 2 approach at COU. Weather was turbulent with light to moderate chop; IMC conditions. Approximately 2.5 miles beyond the final fix; YATGU; the aircraft went into a left bank; nose down attitude. Corrections were applied and positive control was regained. Declared a missed approach and requested the RNAV 2 approach. Flew the approach without incident to a safe landing. Learned two days later at the FBO that a King Air had landed before me reported weather difficulties on approach. This information was not provided by the Tower and could have provided additional situational awareness before beginning the approach. [The information could have lead] to selecting a different approach or going to the alternate. Going forward; I will query ATC for any abnormal weather reports at my destination. I am going to get additional training on integrating the autopilot into my ILS approaches to reduce the workload. Also; after a long duration flight in IMC (3.3 hours) I will drink a bottle of water 30-45 minutes out and eat an energy bar to insure I am at the top of my game.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1087561
Time
Date	201305
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	COU.Airport
State Reference	MO
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	PA-28 Cherokee/Archer/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 31 Flight Crew Total 1050 Flight Crew Type 31
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control

PA-28 pilot reports momentarily losing control of his aircraft during a hand flown ILS approach in turbulent IMC. A go-around is initiated and vectors to the RNAV approach the same runway are received to a successful landing. Fatigue and lack of pertinent pireps were cited as contributing factors.