Ind TRACON controller and front line manager (flm) report of a pilot that was not IFR rated had to d...

Attributes
ACN	1266263
Time
Date	201505
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	IND.TRACON
State Reference	IN
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Approach
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.25
Person 2
Function	Supervisor / CIC
Qualification	Air Traffic Control Fully Certified
Experience	Air Traffic Control Time Certified In Pos 1 (yrs) 1.5
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC

Narrative:

I was paged back 15 minutes into eating my lunch due to an aircraft in distress. Aircraft X was stuck on top of overcast; not IFR qualified; and running low on gas. By the time I got in dre controller had already gotten the basic info and we started trying to find any airports that were VFR. Neither us nor surrounding facilities had one without an overcast layer. Ind was reporting the best weather; SCT010 BKN015 OVC020. I was put on position to work only aircraft X and given a controller who was IFR rated as an assist. We vectored the aircraft for the ILS 32 since it was the closest and we wanted a second chance before fuel ran out. We gave him the approach info and learned the co-pilot had some basic instrument training. The TRACON worked together to keep other aircraft away from him. We got him established on the localizer; slowed and gear down and we brought him to the MVA; continuously soliciting base reports from aicraft operating at ind. At the marker I issued descent to the DH rounded up to 1;300 feet. We helped give small corrections as he drifted back and forth on the localizer. He got the ground and runway in sight out of 1;900 feet and landed without incident.[recommend] just keep staffing the FAA with dedicated people who come together when it matters.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: IND TRACON Controller and Front Line Manager (FLM) report of a pilot that was not IFR rated had to descend in IFR conditions due to weather. ATC got the aircraft down to decision height where the pilot could see the runway and landed without incident.

Narrative: I was paged back 15 minutes into eating my lunch due to an aircraft in distress. Aircraft X was stuck on top of overcast; not IFR qualified; and running low on gas. By the time I got in DRE controller had already gotten the basic info and we started trying to find any airports that were VFR. Neither us nor surrounding facilities had one without an overcast layer. IND was reporting the best weather; SCT010 BKN015 OVC020. I was put on position to work only Aircraft X and given a controller who was IFR rated as an assist. We vectored the aircraft for the ILS 32 since it was the closest and we wanted a second chance before fuel ran out. We gave him the approach info and learned the co-pilot had some basic instrument training. The TRACON worked together to keep other aircraft away from him. We got him established on the LOC; slowed and gear down and we brought him to the MVA; continuously soliciting base reports from aicraft operating at IND. At the marker I issued descent to the DH rounded up to 1;300 feet. We helped give small corrections as he drifted back and forth on the LOC. He got the ground and runway in sight out of 1;900 feet and landed without incident.[Recommend] just keep staffing the FAA with dedicated people who come together when it matters.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Ind TRACON controller and front line manager (flm) report of a pilot that was not IFR rated had to descend in IFR conditions due to weather. ATC got the aircraft down to decision height where the pilot could see the runway and landed without incident.