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Non instrument rated private pilot of a C182 penetrated IMC, during VFR cross country flight, due to unexpected and worse than forecasted WX.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 483261 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200008 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hfd.airport |
| State Reference | CT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Weather Elements | Rain |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 31 flight time total : 294 flight time type : 20 |
| ASRS Report | 483261 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | other personnel |
| Qualification | other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Inadvertent VFR flight into IMC. WX was significantly worse than preflight briefing and en route reporting by efas. Flight continued to destination successfully. Flight watch reported dxr, 30 mi distant, as sky clear, visibility 4-6 mi in haze. So continuing seemed best way out of hard IMC. I should have filed a PIREP.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NON INST RATED PVT PLT OF A C182 PENETRATED IMC, DURING VFR XCOUNTRY FLT, DUE TO UNEXPECTED AND WORSE THAN FORECASTED WX.
Narrative: INADVERTENT VFR FLT INTO IMC. WX WAS SIGNIFICANTLY WORSE THAN PREFLT BRIEFING AND ENRTE RPTING BY EFAS. FLT CONTINUED TO DEST SUCCESSFULLY. FLT WATCH RPTED DXR, 30 MI DISTANT, AS SKY CLR, VISIBILITY 4-6 MI IN HAZE. SO CONTINUING SEEMED BEST WAY OUT OF HARD IMC. I SHOULD HAVE FILED A PIREP.
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.