A low time small aircraft pilot gets vertigo during a bad WX takeoff.

Attributes
ACN	258037
Time
Date	199311
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : hpn
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 400
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : hpn
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff climbout : initial
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 215 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	258037
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance other anomaly other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : provided flight assist controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : became reoriented
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Departed into clouds. Hit turbulence, vertigo too. Plane hard to control and deviating from runway heading. I got it back in control but it was close. I didn't really explain to the tower what I'd hit, I just said I was in trouble and needed help. They put me back on radar heading and I was handed to departure. Departing almost 0/0 was a very bad idea. Turbulence in the clouds while climbing was harder to deal with than expected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LOW TIME SMA PLT GETS VERTIGO DURING A BAD WX TKOF.

Narrative: DEPARTED INTO CLOUDS. HIT TURB, VERTIGO TOO. PLANE HARD TO CTL AND DEVIATING FROM RWY HDG. I GOT IT BACK IN CTL BUT IT WAS CLOSE. I DIDN'T REALLY EXPLAIN TO THE TWR WHAT I'D HIT, I JUST SAID I WAS IN TROUBLE AND NEEDED HELP. THEY PUT ME BACK ON RADAR HDG AND I WAS HANDED TO DEP. DEPARTING ALMOST 0/0 WAS A VERY BAD IDEA. TURB IN THE CLOUDS WHILE CLBING WAS HARDER TO DEAL WITH THAN EXPECTED.

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.