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Small aircraft pilot requests IFR clearance to get below VFR on top position. Given code and heading. Later told to intercept localizer. Pilot feels he never received actual clearance.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 325350 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199601 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pia |
| State Reference | IL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2400 msl bound upper : 2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : pia |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 20 flight time total : 1990 flight time type : 1550 |
| ASRS Report | 325350 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| 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 | other |
Narrative:
I was VFR on top. I contacted peoria approach and asked for an IFR clearance to land at peoria. I was given a transponder code and heading and told to remain VFR. After several heading changes I was told by the controller to intercept the localizer and descend to 2400 ft and call the tower at the OM. As I descended into the clouds I realized I had not received a clearance. I contacted the tower and finished the approach. I assume approach thought they had given me a clearance, when in fact they had not. My autoplt had been trying to roll my plane upside down before I contacted peoria. I was distracted by this problem and concentrating on hand flying the approach. This distraction probably kept me from realizing I had not received a clearance until I had entered clouds and was on the approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SMA PLT REQUESTS IFR CLRNC TO GET BELOW VFR ON TOP POS. GIVEN CODE AND HEADING. LATER TOLD TO INTERCEPT LOC. PLT FEELS HE NEVER RECEIVED ACTUAL CLRNC.
Narrative: I WAS VFR ON TOP. I CONTACTED PEORIA APCH AND ASKED FOR AN IFR CLRNC TO LAND AT PEORIA. I WAS GIVEN A XPONDER CODE AND HEADING AND TOLD TO REMAIN VFR. AFTER SEVERAL HEADING CHANGES I WAS TOLD BY THE CTLR TO INTERCEPT THE LOC AND DSND TO 2400 FT AND CALL THE TWR AT THE OM. AS I DSNDED INTO THE CLOUDS I REALIZED I HAD NOT RECEIVED A CLRNC. I CONTACTED THE TWR AND FINISHED THE APCH. I ASSUME APCH THOUGHT THEY HAD GIVEN ME A CLRNC, WHEN IN FACT THEY HAD NOT. MY AUTOPLT HAD BEEN TRYING TO ROLL MY PLANE UPSIDE DOWN BEFORE I CONTACTED PEORIA. I WAS DISTRACTED BY THIS PROB AND CONCENTRATING ON HAND FLYING THE APCH. THIS DISTR PROBABLY KEPT ME FROM REALIZING I HAD NOT RECEIVED A CLRNC UNTIL I HAD ENTERED CLOUDS AND WAS ON THE APCH.
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.