Small aircraft departs control zone with ceiling at 700 ft without SVFR clearance.

Attributes
ACN	246549
Time
Date	199307
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : gcn
State Reference	AZ
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 100
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : gcn
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 2500 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	246549
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : local
Qualification	controller : non radar
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

ATIS information reported 1000 ft broken, 10 mi visibility. When I was ready to taxi, I listened to the second half of next ATIS, taxied and departed VFR. After departure, I tuned in ATIS and found it reported 700 ft broken. I had no difficulty maintaining VMC and shortly left the control zone. There were no IFR aircraft in the control zone, but I had failed to obtain SVFR clearance.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: SMA DEPARTS CTL ZONE WITH CEILING AT 700 FT WITHOUT SVFR CLRNC.

Narrative: ATIS INFO RPTED 1000 FT BROKEN, 10 MI VISIBILITY. WHEN I WAS READY TO TAXI, I LISTENED TO THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT ATIS, TAXIED AND DEPARTED VFR. AFTER DEP, I TUNED IN ATIS AND FOUND IT RPTED 700 FT BROKEN. I HAD NO DIFFICULTY MAINTAINING VMC AND SHORTLY LEFT THE CTL ZONE. THERE WERE NO IFR ACFT IN THE CTL ZONE, BUT I HAD FAILED TO OBTAIN SVFR CLRNC.

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.