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A VFR PA-34 pilot encountered IMC and descended to 600 feet where he entered the lowest cloud momentarily.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1248734 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201503 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | JCT.Airport |
| State Reference | TX |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | PA-34 Seneca Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 15 Flight Crew Total 298 Flight Crew Type 195 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC |
Narrative:
VFR flight in marginal conditions and encountered a low section of clouds that forced me to descend to approximately 600 feet and enter into the clouds momentarily. The area was reporting 1;600 feet AGL.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A VFR PA-34 pilot encountered IMC and descended to 600 feet where he entered the lowest cloud momentarily.
Narrative: VFR flight in marginal conditions and encountered a low section of clouds that forced me to descend to approximately 600 feet and enter into the clouds momentarily. The area was reporting 1;600 feet AGL.
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.