Narrative:

I was getting off my shift and was asked to reposition an airplane...to swap with another. [Operations] started texting me telling me to hurry home. I went ahead and got a very quick check of the weather and filed...; expecting approximately 2 miles and 400 ft. As I got closer it deteriorated to 200 ft and less than half a mile. I shot the approach; went missed and diverted to [alternate]. [Alternate] was reporting 300 ft and 1 or 2 miles with freezing rain. I should have declared an emergency but did not. The first approach I missed due to full deflection but the second one was fine and I landed. Rushing and the pressure set by management to hurry home; set up a chain of events that could have had tragic consequences. I allowed myself to be influenced by the pressure of the [company] to hurry back and had to violate some rules as a result.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C421 pilot; under pressure from the company to reposition an aircraft; had a missed approach at the destination due to weather and then proceeded to an alternate where the second approach was successful.

Narrative: I was getting off my shift and was asked to reposition an airplane...to swap with another. [Operations] started texting me telling me to hurry home. I went ahead and got a very quick check of the weather and filed...; expecting approximately 2 miles and 400 FT. As I got closer it deteriorated to 200 FT and less than half a mile. I shot the approach; went missed and diverted to [alternate]. [Alternate] was reporting 300 FT and 1 or 2 miles with freezing rain. I should have declared an emergency but did not. The first approach I missed due to full deflection but the second one was fine and I landed. Rushing and the pressure set by management to hurry home; set up a chain of events that could have had tragic consequences. I allowed myself to be influenced by the pressure of the [company] to hurry back and had to violate some rules as a result.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.