A LR60 first officer reported flying a three minute reposition flight; without a flight plan; that m...

Narrative:

On approach; we checked AWOS and the ATIS at our final destination 11 miles away. Ceiling was reported 1;500 ft overcast at both locations. Visibility was never a concern. Dropped passengers and departed. Departing; the ceiling had dropped to around 1;200 ft. As we closed in on our destination the ceiling continued to drop. At six miles; the airport was in sight. We landed without event; but the airport was at best marginal VFR on arrival. The flight time was three minutes from takeoff to touchdown. Looking at the weather before departing; I did not discern that the weather had deteriorated. Upon re-evaluation of the event; I would have rechecked not only the weather at the departure airport; but also at destination and filed a flight plan. With the distance so close and the weather at arrival being acceptable for a reposition in VMC; I assumed the weather would not change significantly in thirty minutes. In hindsight; the weather at arrival was lower than forecast and I should have seen the trend that the weather might be deteriorating. Contributing factors were the long day of international flying we had just done and the anxiousness to go home after being gone for 24 days. Before departure; I had no idea the weather would have deteriorated like it did. We also never considered turning around; since turning around would have taken as long and been potentially more dangerous than continuing. Also; upon contacting approach; we were only told that information yankee was current. In a very busy three minute flight; there was not time to listen to a new ATIS. We were not informed that the airport was IFR; so I assume the weather at arrival was MVFR. Whether or not we arrived when it was deemed to be IFR; I don't know. If I were to do it over again; I would have rechecked the weather and filed a flight plan.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A LR60 First Officer reported flying a three minute reposition flight; without a flight plan; that may have been in weather conditions less than required for VFR flying.

Narrative: On approach; we checked AWOS and the ATIS at our final destination 11 miles away. Ceiling was reported 1;500 FT overcast at both locations. Visibility was never a concern. Dropped passengers and departed. Departing; the ceiling had dropped to around 1;200 FT. As we closed in on our destination the ceiling continued to drop. At six miles; the airport was in sight. We landed without event; but the airport was at best marginal VFR on arrival. The flight time was three minutes from takeoff to touchdown. Looking at the weather before departing; I did not discern that the weather had deteriorated. Upon re-evaluation of the event; I would have rechecked not only the weather at the departure airport; but also at destination and filed a flight plan. With the distance so close and the weather at arrival being acceptable for a reposition in VMC; I assumed the weather would not change significantly in thirty minutes. In hindsight; the weather at arrival was lower than forecast and I should have seen the trend that the weather might be deteriorating. Contributing factors were the long day of international flying we had just done and the anxiousness to go home after being gone for 24 days. Before departure; I had no idea the weather would have deteriorated like it did. We also never considered turning around; since turning around would have taken as long and been potentially more dangerous than continuing. Also; upon contacting Approach; we were only told that information Yankee was current. In a very busy three minute flight; there was not time to listen to a new ATIS. We were not informed that the airport was IFR; so I assume the weather at arrival was MVFR. Whether or not we arrived when it was deemed to be IFR; I don't know. If I were to do it over again; I would have rechecked the weather and filed a flight plan.

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.

Attributes
ACN	981579
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Learjet 60
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 80 Flight Crew Total 5550 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

A LR60 first officer reported flying a three minute reposition flight; without a flight plan; that may have been in weather conditions less than required for VFR flying.