SR22 pilot reported flying into IMC after receiving a terrain warning.

Attributes
ACN	1282695
Time
Date	201507
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZKC.ARTCC
State Reference	KS
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	SR22
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Glider Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 45 Flight Crew Total 2196 Flight Crew Type 1829
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

I was trying to stay visual to avoid storms; thus low flight altitude. Knew I might have to get IFR clearance if ceilings got too low. When that did occur and I started getting in clouds; was just about to do 180 turn & get clearance when I got a terrain warning on the GNS430. That made me pause; thinking about terrain. Just as I was initiating turn; I got an obstacle alert. That stopped me from turning. Those two combined warnings made me decide to not risk turning into something; so I pitched up and called control and got IFR clearance. I fly IFR/IMC often; first time I've gotten caught by dropping ceiling.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SR22 pilot reported flying into IMC after receiving a terrain warning.

Narrative: I was trying to stay visual to avoid storms; thus low flight altitude. Knew I might have to get IFR clearance if ceilings got too low. When that did occur and I started getting in clouds; was just about to do 180 turn & get clearance when I got a terrain warning on the GNS430. That made me pause; thinking about terrain. Just as I was initiating turn; I got an obstacle alert. That stopped me from turning. Those two combined warnings made me decide to not risk turning into something; so I pitched up and called Control and got IFR clearance. I fly IFR/IMC often; first time I've gotten caught by dropping ceiling.

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.