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Lancair pilot; descending out of 17;500 ft VFR reports encountering IMC while on board equipment (ads-B; foreflight and NOAA) indicated VMC should prevail.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1151283 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201402 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Amateur/Home Built/Experimental |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 802 Flight Crew Type 802 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC |
Narrative:
[Inadvertent flight] into IMC [while on] descent into VFR conditions. Ads-B on the plane had VFR conditions. Foreflight had VFR conditions. NOAA had VFR conditions. It wasn't for about 5 miles or so.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Lancair pilot; descending out of 17;500 FT VFR reports encountering IMC while on board equipment (ADS-B; Foreflight and NOAA) indicated VMC should prevail.
Narrative: [Inadvertent flight] into IMC [while on] descent into VFR conditions. ADS-B on the plane had VFR conditions. Foreflight had VFR conditions. NOAA had VFR conditions. It wasn't for about 5 miles or so.
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.