C177 pilot reported landing in a field after encountering IMC weather conditions in flight.

Attributes
ACN	1478789
Time
Date	201708
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cardinal 177/177RG
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Commercial
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 355 Flight Crew Type 349
Events
Anomaly	Ground Event / Encounter Ground Strike - Aircraft Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC

Narrative:

Departed and started to head east. Flew 50 miles when visibility started to deteriorate slightly. Flew over a ravine [and] made emergency landing in a field due to IMC conditions.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C177 pilot reported landing in a field after encountering IMC weather conditions in flight.

Narrative: Departed and started to head east. Flew 50 miles when visibility started to deteriorate slightly. Flew over a ravine [and] made emergency landing in a field due to IMC 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.