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IMC in VFR flight by a C150 CFI pilot declaring an emergency after encountering WX with a return land at lws, identification.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 575272 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200302 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lws.airport |
| State Reference | ID |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zse.artcc tower : lws.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern arrival : on vectors enroute other |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 2300 flight time type : 900 |
| ASRS Report | 575272 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : landed in emergency condition flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : declared emergency other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I called for a WX briefing for a flight from lws to alw. The airports were both reporting VFR conditions and were forecast to be VFR/MVFR. I departed VFR and after departure, the WX closed in and I was unable to continue to my destination. Instead of scud running back to the airport, which I felt was too dangerous, I climbed into IMC and went GPS direct to the airport and declared an emergency. When I was over the airport, I descended until I broke out of IMC and made an uneventful landing. I would have gotten a clearance for IFR, but the plane is not IFR certified.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IMC IN VFR FLT BY A C150 CFI PLT DECLARING AN EMER AFTER ENCOUNTERING WX WITH A RETURN LAND AT LWS, ID.
Narrative: I CALLED FOR A WX BRIEFING FOR A FLT FROM LWS TO ALW. THE ARPTS WERE BOTH RPTING VFR CONDITIONS AND WERE FORECAST TO BE VFR/MVFR. I DEPARTED VFR AND AFTER DEP, THE WX CLOSED IN AND I WAS UNABLE TO CONTINUE TO MY DEST. INSTEAD OF SCUD RUNNING BACK TO THE ARPT, WHICH I FELT WAS TOO DANGEROUS, I CLBED INTO IMC AND WENT GPS DIRECT TO THE ARPT AND DECLARED AN EMER. WHEN I WAS OVER THE ARPT, I DSNDED UNTIL I BROKE OUT OF IMC AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. I WOULD HAVE GOTTEN A CLRNC FOR IFR, BUT THE PLANE IS NOT IFR CERTIFIED.
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.