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C172 pilot reports becoming disoriented in IMC and being assisted by nct with vectors to a safe landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1050507 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201211 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | NCT.TRACON |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skyhawk 172/Cutlass 172 |
| Route In Use | Vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
I believe the main cause of the problem was I lost control of the aircraft when I was following vector heading direction. I was completely in the cloud for 10 to 15 minutes. I got disoriented and the plane was descending and I was able to recover from the unusual altitude when I see the lights from the city at about 3;000 feet. Luckily; norcal approach was able to amend me with VFR. I requested to head to embassy suite VFR check point to avoid from busy sjc airspace. Controller was kind enough to accommodate my request. Finally; I landed airplane safely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C172 pilot reports becoming disoriented in IMC and being assisted by NCT with vectors to a safe landing.
Narrative: I believe the main cause of the problem was I lost control of the aircraft when I was following vector heading direction. I was completely in the cloud for 10 to 15 minutes. I got disoriented and the plane was descending and I was able to recover from the unusual altitude when I see the lights from the city at about 3;000 feet. Luckily; NORCAL Approach was able to amend me with VFR. I requested to head to Embassy Suite VFR check point to avoid from busy SJC airspace. Controller was kind enough to accommodate my request. Finally; I landed airplane safely.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.