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PA22 en route to kinston, nc, on VFR flight plan. Encounters IMC conditions near orf and elects to land sfq for WX improvement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 351810 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199610 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : sfq |
| State Reference | VA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : orf |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Piper Single Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 2100 |
| ASRS Report | 351810 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
En route to kinston, nc, from salisbury, while VFR with flight following. Abeam suffolk airport, decided to land at suffolk due to poor WX at kinston. Using flight following at the time, descended to 1000 and landed at suffolk. WX conditions were deteriorating at time. Poor judgement on my part.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PA22 ENRTE TO KINSTON, NC, ON VFR FLT PLAN. ENCOUNTERS IMC CONDITIONS NEAR ORF AND ELECTS TO LAND SFQ FOR WX IMPROVEMENT.
Narrative: ENRTE TO KINSTON, NC, FROM SALISBURY, WHILE VFR WITH FLT FOLLOWING. ABEAM SUFFOLK ARPT, DECIDED TO LAND AT SUFFOLK DUE TO POOR WX AT KINSTON. USING FLT FOLLOWING AT THE TIME, DSNDED TO 1000 AND LANDED AT SUFFOLK. WX CONDITIONS WERE DETERIORATING AT TIME. POOR JUDGEMENT ON MY PART.
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.