Narrative:

Aircraft was dispatched to the town of 'a' to pick up a medical patient. Upon departure, WX was 8000 ft overcast and 20 mi visibility. It was reported by the ambulance service that 'a' had some patchy fog but the landing area was clear. The medical team informed me that highway 2 would take me directly to the landing zone. As I followed highway 2 at approximately 1000 ft AGL, mr X informed me that somewhere in our vicinity that this highway had high tension wires stretched across the roadway. At approximately 9 NM north of 'B', I followed a curve in the roadway between 2 peaks that were about 200 ft above my present altitude. As I rounded the curve, I encountered a solid wall of fog/clouds and went inadvertent IMC. With the knowledge that there were mountains and high tension wires below, an increase in altitude was obviously the safest decision. Prior to the flight I consulted the sectional and the highest peak in my area was 5300 ft. I climbed straight ahead to 6500 ft and made a turn back to the south. With the aircraft stabilized and a safe altitude obtained, I contacted approach control, programmed the GPS for hospital 'Y', and then contacted dispatch. I knew from my departure that the WX in the area was 8000 ft overcast and after approximately 5 mins I was back in the clear. I advised dispatch that we could meet the ambulance at 'B' or any area of their choosing in this area or south. Dispatch advised to return to base to hospital 'Y.'

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: VFR IN IMC.

Narrative: ACFT WAS DISPATCHED TO THE TOWN OF 'A' TO PICK UP A MEDICAL PATIENT. UPON DEP, WX WAS 8000 FT OVCST AND 20 MI VISIBILITY. IT WAS RPTED BY THE AMBULANCE SVC THAT 'A' HAD SOME PATCHY FOG BUT THE LNDG AREA WAS CLR. THE MEDICAL TEAM INFORMED ME THAT HWY 2 WOULD TAKE ME DIRECTLY TO THE LNDG ZONE. AS I FOLLOWED HWY 2 AT APPROX 1000 FT AGL, MR X INFORMED ME THAT SOMEWHERE IN OUR VICINITY THAT THIS HWY HAD HIGH TENSION WIRES STRETCHED ACROSS THE ROADWAY. AT APPROX 9 NM N OF 'B', I FOLLOWED A CURVE IN THE ROADWAY BTWN 2 PEAKS THAT WERE ABOUT 200 FT ABOVE MY PRESENT ALT. AS I ROUNDED THE CURVE, I ENCOUNTERED A SOLID WALL OF FOG/CLOUDS AND WENT INADVERTENT IMC. WITH THE KNOWLEDGE THAT THERE WERE MOUNTAINS AND HIGH TENSION WIRES BELOW, AN INCREASE IN ALT WAS OBVIOUSLY THE SAFEST DECISION. PRIOR TO THE FLT I CONSULTED THE SECTIONAL AND THE HIGHEST PEAK IN MY AREA WAS 5300 FT. I CLBED STRAIGHT AHEAD TO 6500 FT AND MADE A TURN BACK TO THE S. WITH THE ACFT STABILIZED AND A SAFE ALT OBTAINED, I CONTACTED APCH CTL, PROGRAMMED THE GPS FOR HOSPITAL 'Y', AND THEN CONTACTED DISPATCH. I KNEW FROM MY DEP THAT THE WX IN THE AREA WAS 8000 FT OVCST AND AFTER APPROX 5 MINS I WAS BACK IN THE CLR. I ADVISED DISPATCH THAT WE COULD MEET THE AMBULANCE AT 'B' OR ANY AREA OF THEIR CHOOSING IN THIS AREA OR S. DISPATCH ADVISED TO RETURN TO BASE TO HOSPITAL 'Y.'

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.