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A helicopter not IFR certified and a pilot not instrument current encountered IMC; declared an emergency and received vectors for an ILS at another airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 651217 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200503 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zzz.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Helicopter |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : charter |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 24 flight time total : 1875 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 651217 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : provided flight assist flight crew : declared emergency flight crew : exited adverse environment |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Returning from patient xfer from ZZZ; encountered low cloud layer. Declared emergency due to aircraft not IFR certified and pilot not IFR current. Requested vectors for ILS into ZZZ1. Completed ILS and closed flight plan on the ground.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A HELI NOT IFR CERTIFIED AND A PLT NOT INST CURRENT ENCOUNTERED IMC; DECLARED AN EMER AND RECEIVED VECTORS FOR AN ILS AT ANOTHER ARPT.
Narrative: RETURNING FROM PATIENT XFER FROM ZZZ; ENCOUNTERED LOW CLOUD LAYER. DECLARED EMER DUE TO ACFT NOT IFR CERTIFIED AND PLT NOT IFR CURRENT. REQUESTED VECTORS FOR ILS INTO ZZZ1. COMPLETED ILS AND CLOSED FLT PLAN ON THE GND.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.