Air ambulance helicopter encounters IMC on VFR flight plan.

Attributes
ACN	321006
Time
Date	199511
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 800 agl bound upper : 800
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : zzz
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	cruise other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000
ASRS Report	321006
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

En route from abc to xyz, night VFR with EMS patient on board, I encountered inadvertent IMC conditions at 800 ft AGL. I immediately initiated a climb and contacted approach control. I received radar vectors for the ILS runway 21 at xyz with no further problems.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIR AMBULANCE HELI ENCOUNTERS IMC ON VFR FLT PLAN.

Narrative: ENRTE FROM ABC TO XYZ, NIGHT VFR WITH EMS PATIENT ON BOARD, I ENCOUNTERED INADVERTENT IMC CONDITIONS AT 800 FT AGL. I IMMEDIATELY INITIATED A CLB AND CONTACTED APCH CTL. I RECEIVED RADAR VECTORS FOR THE ILS RWY 21 AT XYZ WITH NO FURTHER PROBS.

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.