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Possible IMC in VFR flight and miscellaneous far violations on a low altitude civil operation in a C182 north of twf, identification.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 540970 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200203 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : twf.airport |
| State Reference | ID |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 600 agl bound upper : 800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Weather Elements | Snow |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : twf.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 152 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : enroute altitude change |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 2 flight time total : 1560 flight time type : 180 |
| ASRS Report | 540970 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | observation : passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
An acquaintance asked me to fly him over a new building south of jerome, identification, so he could take photos. I checked the WX at twin falls and jerome and both were good VFR. There was a lower set of clouds north of twin falls, which I skirted to the east. As we approached our photo site, snow started falling and the clouds lowered dramatically. I was forced to descend to about 600 ft AGL to remain clear of clouds. The clouds toward jer appeared to be lower so I returned to twf. I was able to climb to about 800 ft AGL as I proceeded to the south. While I believe that the flight was never in danger, the aircraft was below the 1000 ft AGL required over populated areas.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: POSSIBLE IMC IN VFR FLT AND MISC FAR VIOLATIONS ON A LOW ALT CIVIL OP IN A C182 N OF TWF, ID.
Narrative: AN ACQUAINTANCE ASKED ME TO FLY HIM OVER A NEW BUILDING S OF JEROME, ID, SO HE COULD TAKE PHOTOS. I CHKED THE WX AT TWIN FALLS AND JEROME AND BOTH WERE GOOD VFR. THERE WAS A LOWER SET OF CLOUDS N OF TWIN FALLS, WHICH I SKIRTED TO THE E. AS WE APCHED OUR PHOTO SITE, SNOW STARTED FALLING AND THE CLOUDS LOWERED DRAMATICALLY. I WAS FORCED TO DSND TO ABOUT 600 FT AGL TO REMAIN CLR OF CLOUDS. THE CLOUDS TOWARD JER APPEARED TO BE LOWER SO I RETURNED TO TWF. I WAS ABLE TO CLB TO ABOUT 800 FT AGL AS I PROCEEDED TO THE S. WHILE I BELIEVE THAT THE FLT WAS NEVER IN DANGER, THE ACFT WAS BELOW THE 1000 FT AGL REQUIRED OVER POPULATED AREAS.
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.