GA small aircraft continued descent below the MDA in IMC.

Attributes
ACN	194323
Time
Date	199111
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ccb
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 400 agl bound upper : 600
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : ont
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	descent : approach descent other landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	Other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 40 flight time total : 1300 flight time type : 8
ASRS Report	194323
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
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:

The area had low fog and to land at the airport I was lower than the MDA before the airport was in view.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: GA SMA CONTINUED DSCNT BELOW THE MDA IN IMC.

Narrative: THE AREA HAD LOW FOG AND TO LAND AT THE ARPT I WAS LOWER THAN THE MDA BEFORE THE ARPT WAS IN VIEW.

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.