<< >> NASA ASRS Report 962876, July 2011

A pilot departed osh VFR following a weather briefing indicating VMC along his route but returned after encountering IMC conditions and unable to obtain an IFR clearance.

Attributes
ACN	962876
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	OSH.Airport
State Reference	WI
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft Low Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 500 Flight Crew Type 200
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Event occurred departing an event. Obtained weather briefing that indicated VFR conditions would exist along route of flight. Departure was delayed about an hour. Conditions at osh were VFR at time of departure but was unable to maintain VFR along route of flight and unable to obtain IFR clearance. [I] returned to osh. The departure delay and not having current weather information contributed to this problem.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A pilot departed OSH VFR following a weather briefing indicating VMC along his route but returned after encountering IMC conditions and unable to obtain an IFR clearance.

Narrative: Event occurred departing an event. Obtained weather briefing that indicated VFR conditions would exist along route of flight. Departure was delayed about an hour. Conditions at OSH were VFR at time of departure but was unable to maintain VFR along route of flight and unable to obtain IFR clearance. [I] returned to OSH. The departure delay and not having current weather information contributed to this problem.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.