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Atx small transport VFR in IMC. Pilot elected to land at non tower airport without navigation approach aids in WX below VFR minimums.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 165305 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199012 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : o70 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2500 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : sck |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 165305 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While attempting to land at westover with a cloud layer moving in, I descended down over the runway through a hole in the cloud layer. Basic VFR minimums did not exist at the time. I felt compelled to make it because this was the fourth attempt at landing at an alternate that morning and the customer was waiting for his cargo.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATX SMT VFR IN IMC. PLT ELECTED TO LAND AT NON TWR ARPT WITHOUT NAVIGATION APCH AIDS IN WX BELOW VFR MINIMUMS.
Narrative: WHILE ATTEMPTING TO LAND AT WESTOVER WITH A CLOUD LAYER MOVING IN, I DSNDED DOWN OVER THE RWY THROUGH A HOLE IN THE CLOUD LAYER. BASIC VFR MINIMUMS DID NOT EXIST AT THE TIME. I FELT COMPELLED TO MAKE IT BECAUSE THIS WAS THE FOURTH ATTEMPT AT LNDG AT AN ALTERNATE THAT MORNING AND THE CUSTOMER WAS WAITING FOR HIS CARGO.
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.