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Two C182 pilots experience failure of the artificial horizon on an IFR flight plan in IMC. The pilot not flying is first to detect altitude and heading deviations and alert the pilot flying. Flight descends into VMC and returns to the departure airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1168066 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201404 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Skylane 182/RG Turbo Skylane/RG |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Attitude Indicator(Gyro/Horizon/ADI) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 700 Flight Crew Type 400 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 200 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
On an IFR flight plan in the clouds we lost our artificial horizon (I was flying the aircraft and my son was working the radios). He first noticed that we were off course (30) and high (200); we leveled the aircraft and noticed that the artificial horizon was drifting at that point we discussed what we should do and asked for a turn to the south and lower when able to get below the clouds (ceiling was 3700 MSL). The artificial horizon was intermittent remainder of flight; returned to departure airport in VFR conditions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two C182 pilots experience failure of the artificial horizon on an IFR flight plan in IMC. The pilot not flying is first to detect altitude and heading deviations and alert the pilot flying. Flight descends into VMC and returns to the departure airport.
Narrative: On an IFR flight plan in the clouds we lost our artificial horizon (I was flying the aircraft and my son was working the radios). He first noticed that we were off course (30) and high (200); we leveled the aircraft and noticed that the artificial horizon was drifting at that point we discussed what we should do and asked for a turn to the South and lower when able to get below the clouds (ceiling was 3700 MSL). The artificial horizon was intermittent remainder of flight; returned to departure airport in VFR conditions.
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.