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VFR pilot discovers landing airport obscured with overcast layer, declares emergency, ATC provides flight assist.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 602570 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200312 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| State Reference | MN |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : far.tracon |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 30 flight time total : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 602570 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Departed bismarck, nd, VFR for fergus falls, mn (ffm). Arrived ffm to total cloud cover. Went back towards fargo. Contacted approach and declared emergency needing help to land. 600 ft layer at far, also dark. Approach controller set me up on long final, descending through cloud layer. Landed without incident. Made phone call to tower.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: VFR PLT DISCOVERS LNDG ARPT OBSCURED WITH OVCST LAYER, DECLARES EMER, ATC PROVIDES FLT ASSIST.
Narrative: DEPARTED BISMARCK, ND, VFR FOR FERGUS FALLS, MN (FFM). ARRIVED FFM TO TOTAL CLOUD COVER. WENT BACK TOWARDS FARGO. CONTACTED APCH AND DECLARED EMER NEEDING HELP TO LAND. 600 FT LAYER AT FAR, ALSO DARK. APCH CTLR SET ME UP ON LONG FINAL, DSNDING THROUGH CLOUD LAYER. LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. MADE PHONE CALL TO TWR.
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.