B737 goes IMC in VFR flight during SID departure procedure out of jnu, ak.

Attributes
ACN	348267
Time
Date	199609
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jnu
State Reference	AK
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-300
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	climbout : intermediate altitude
Route In Use	approach : visual departure other departure sid : sid enroute airway : jnu
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 3800
ASRS Report	348267
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : exited adverse environment none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Departed airport on a bridge departure down gastineau channel on an operations specification departure. We had the required ceiling and visibility for the departure and during departure at approximately 3000 ft AGL passed through an area of restr visibility due to rain squall (approximately 3 SM visibility). Continued climb and entered clouds at 4100 ft over the bridge and proceeded to petersburg, ak.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 GOES IMC IN VFR FLT DURING SID DEP PROC OUT OF JNU, AK.

Narrative: DEPARTED ARPT ON A BRIDGE DEP DOWN GASTINEAU CHANNEL ON AN OPS SPEC DEP. WE HAD THE REQUIRED CEILING AND VISIBILITY FOR THE DEP AND DURING DEP AT APPROX 3000 FT AGL PASSED THROUGH AN AREA OF RESTR VISIBILITY DUE TO RAIN SQUALL (APPROX 3 SM VISIBILITY). CONTINUED CLB AND ENTERED CLOUDS AT 4100 FT OVER THE BRIDGE AND PROCEEDED TO PETERSBURG, AK.

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.