Narrative:

Instrument received a briefing and filed a flight plan for a training flight in IMC. The flight plan did not include the return to the point of departure. Thus, an incomplete briefing covering an area away from the lake shore which was not affected by the increasing fog that began to cross the departure airport. Radar vectors were given in a pick-up clearance back to ugn and onto the final approach. En route another aircraft reported a missed at ugn, which was overheard on the chicago approach frequency, and aircraft was proceeding to the nearest airport with an instrument approach, enw. While the instrument assumed control of the aircraft, the student was unable to locate the approach plates for the nearest airport, enw. The instrument flew through the minimums into the ground fog and landed by reference to only the instruments. Better preflight planning, maintaining proper instrument procedures and adherence to far's regarding minimum altitudes and visibility requirements would probably result in increased longevity and safer flight practices.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: TRAINING FLT INTENDED LNDG AT UGN WHEN ANOTHER TRAINING FLT REPORTED MISSED APCH AND PROCEEDING TO AN INSTRUMENT APCH ARPT, INSTRUCTOR TOOK OVER FLYING HIS TRAINING ACFT AND PROCEEDED TO LAND AT EWN BELOW MINIMUMS.

Narrative: INSTR RECEIVED A BRIEFING AND FILED A FLT PLAN FOR A TRNING FLT IN IMC. THE FLT PLAN DID NOT INCLUDE THE RETURN TO THE POINT OF DEP. THUS, AN INCOMPLETE BRIEFING COVERING AN AREA AWAY FROM THE LAKE SHORE WHICH WAS NOT AFFECTED BY THE INCREASING FOG THAT BEGAN TO CROSS THE DEP ARPT. RADAR VECTORS WERE GIVEN IN A PICK-UP CLRNC BACK TO UGN AND ONTO THE FINAL APCH. ENRTE ANOTHER ACFT RPTED A MISSED AT UGN, WHICH WAS OVERHEARD ON THE CHICAGO APCH FREQ, AND ACFT WAS PROCEEDING TO THE NEAREST ARPT WITH AN INSTRUMENT APCH, ENW. WHILE THE INSTR ASSUMED CTL OF THE ACFT, THE STUDENT WAS UNABLE TO LOCATE THE APCH PLATES FOR THE NEAREST ARPT, ENW. THE INSTR FLEW THROUGH THE MINIMUMS INTO THE GND FOG AND LANDED BY REFERENCE TO ONLY THE INSTRUMENTS. BETTER PREFLT PLANNING, MAINTAINING PROPER INSTRUMENT PROCS AND ADHERENCE TO FAR'S REGARDING MINIMUM ALTS AND VISIBILITY REQUIREMENTS WOULD PROBABLY RESULT IN INCREASED LONGEVITY AND SAFER FLT PRACTICES.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.