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Small aircraft pilot continued flight into lowering overcast until unable to maintain proper terrain clearance or VFR conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 125828 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198910 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bed |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 300 msl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 1000 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 125828 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
A VFR flight was being conducted beneath an overcast. Gradual lowering of the ceiling and inadequate room to reverse course (because of surrounding terrain and obstructions) resulted in the inability to maintain adequate altitude above ground and occasional climbs to IFR conditions to avoid nearby obstructions. To prevent recurrence: reevaluate flight conditions when observed WX is poorer than forecast; land and file IFR when VFR flight is not possible.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT CONTINUED FLT INTO LOWERING OVERCAST UNTIL UNABLE TO MAINTAIN PROPER TERRAIN CLRNC OR VFR CONDITIONS.
Narrative: A VFR FLT WAS BEING CONDUCTED BENEATH AN OVCST. GRADUAL LOWERING OF THE CEILING AND INADEQUATE ROOM TO REVERSE COURSE (BECAUSE OF SURROUNDING TERRAIN AND OBSTRUCTIONS) RESULTED IN THE INABILITY TO MAINTAIN ADEQUATE ALT ABOVE GND AND OCCASIONAL CLBS TO IFR CONDITIONS TO AVOID NEARBY OBSTRUCTIONS. TO PREVENT RECURRENCE: REEVALUATE FLT CONDITIONS WHEN OBSERVED WX IS POORER THAN FORECAST; LAND AND FILE IFR WHEN VFR FLT IS NOT POSSIBLE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.