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Pilot of small transport freighter unable to contact center or FSS on ground at spi late at night took off with approximately one half mi visibility and variable layers of clouds and obtained IFR clearance in air.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 198402 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199201 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : spi |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 650 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zkc |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 1900 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 198402 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified cockpit |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Unable to reach ZKC or flight service from the ground, I departed runway 30 at spi with actual visibility 1 mi and picked up clearance when airborne. I maintained VFR conditions between layers once airborne until being given clearance to climb to 13000. Contributing factors: FBO closed so no telephone available to receive clearance prior to takeoff/decisions -- could have entered sustained IMC once airborne causing a conflict.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF SMT FREIGHTER UNABLE TO CONTACT CENTER OR FSS ON GND AT SPI LATE AT NIGHT TOOK OFF WITH APPROX ONE HALF MI VISIBILITY AND VARIABLE LAYERS OF CLOUDS AND OBTAINED IFR CLRNC IN AIR.
Narrative: UNABLE TO REACH ZKC OR FLT SVC FROM THE GND, I DEPARTED RWY 30 AT SPI WITH ACTUAL VISIBILITY 1 MI AND PICKED UP CLRNC WHEN AIRBORNE. I MAINTAINED VFR CONDITIONS BTWN LAYERS ONCE AIRBORNE UNTIL BEING GIVEN CLRNC TO CLB TO 13000. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: FBO CLOSED SO NO TELEPHONE AVAILABLE TO RECEIVE CLRNC PRIOR TO TKOF/DECISIONS -- COULD HAVE ENTERED SUSTAINED IMC ONCE AIRBORNE CAUSING A CONFLICT.
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.