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Small aircraft pilot reported frequent erroneous weather AWOS reports at cec airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1595566 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201811 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | CEC.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 30 Flight Crew Total 2100 Flight Crew Type 1600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC |
Narrative:
This morning I checked AWOS for weather at cec for a flight from ZZZ1. The report was VFR. In addition; a fellow pilot was at cec and also advised via telephone that the airport was VFR. I departed ZZZ1 for the short flight to cec. Immediately upon climbout; I could see that the sky was entirely clear. I made an initial report 5 miles out. When I advised a 1 mile final for 30; another pilot asked me to repeat; and I did so. As I was touching down; the other pilot advised that 'the AWOS showed IFR.' there were no aircraft in the pattern. I taxied off the runway and immediately pulled up the AWOS information for cec; which showed the airport at VFR conditions. Because I was concerned with the unknown pilot's pronouncement; I took a screen shot of this information. I have subsequently learned that the AWOS service at cec has recently been criticized by local pilots for showing IFR conditions when in fact completely clear and VFR. I do not know if this has been formally raised with the airport manager. While I do not believe that I was in violation of airspace rules; in an excess of caution I determined to file this report. In 25 years of aviating; I have never filed a report nor had any violations of any kind.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Small aircraft pilot reported frequent erroneous weather AWOS reports at CEC airport.
Narrative: This morning I checked AWOS for weather at CEC for a flight from ZZZ1. The report was VFR. In addition; a fellow pilot was at CEC and also advised via telephone that the airport was VFR. I departed ZZZ1 for the short flight to CEC. Immediately upon climbout; I could see that the sky was entirely clear. I made an initial report 5 miles out. When I advised a 1 mile final for 30; another pilot asked me to repeat; and I did so. As I was touching down; the other pilot advised that 'the AWOS showed IFR.' There were no aircraft in the pattern. I taxied off the runway and immediately pulled up the AWOS information for CEC; which showed the airport at VFR conditions. Because I was concerned with the unknown pilot's pronouncement; I took a screen shot of this information. I have subsequently learned that the AWOS service at CEC has recently been criticized by local pilots for showing IFR conditions when in fact completely clear and VFR. I do not know if this has been formally raised with the airport manager. While I do not believe that I was in violation of airspace rules; in an excess of caution I determined to file this report. In 25 years of aviating; I have never filed a report nor had any violations of any kind.
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.