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Pilot of an small aircraft single engine land experimental aircraft was forced to land due to deteriorating and lowering WX conditions resulting in entering an airport control zone without special VFR clearance while another aircraft was on the approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 251380 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199309 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hky |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 42 flight time total : 1942 flight time type : 302 |
| ASRS Report | 251380 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | instruction : instructor |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other anomaly other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 10000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I was approaching hky from the south, about 5 mi south of the airport. I saw a heavy rainshower approaching the airport on the north end. I checked the map and called hky on 120.0 2 times, no reply. As the heavy rainshower was now on the north end of the airport, I made a short approach to runway 24 and landed. The visibility at that time was about 2 mi with 1000 ft ceiling off the end of 24. Hky FSS had issued an earlier report of 4000 ft ceilings. I learned later an small aircraft single engine land was on the approach to 24. What I should have done was call hky on 121.5 for a special, but I did not think of that, as this was not a pre-planned landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SMA SINGLE ENG LAND EXPERIMENTAL ACFT WAS FORCED TO LAND DUE TO DETERIORATING AND LOWERING WX CONDITIONS RESULTING IN ENTERING AN ARPT CTL ZONE WITHOUT SPECIAL VFR CLRNC WHILE ANOTHER ACFT WAS ON THE APCH.
Narrative: I WAS APCHING HKY FROM THE S, ABOUT 5 MI S OF THE ARPT. I SAW A HVY RAINSHOWER APCHING THE ARPT ON THE N END. I CHKED THE MAP AND CALLED HKY ON 120.0 2 TIMES, NO REPLY. AS THE HVY RAINSHOWER WAS NOW ON THE N END OF THE ARPT, I MADE A SHORT APCH TO RWY 24 AND LANDED. THE VISIBILITY AT THAT TIME WAS ABOUT 2 MI WITH 1000 FT CEILING OFF THE END OF 24. HKY FSS HAD ISSUED AN EARLIER RPT OF 4000 FT CEILINGS. I LEARNED LATER AN SMA SINGLE ENG LAND WAS ON THE APCH TO 24. WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE WAS CALL HKY ON 121.5 FOR A SPECIAL, BUT I DID NOT THINK OF THAT, AS THIS WAS NOT A PRE-PLANNED LNDG.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.