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C150 pilot is caught above an overcast and has flight assist from an airborne C172 pilot, ATC and an instructor on the ground to get safely down.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 359637 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ogf |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zjx |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Cessna 150 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 400 flight time type : 380 |
| ASRS Report | 359637 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
I got a standard WX briefing prior to departure from lna at XA45Z. The briefing said that the cloud cover over the ocala area would be breaking up by XD00Z. I did not get any in-flight WX updates and by XD00Z I was at 3000 ft MSL with solid cloud cover at 2500 ft MSL. I contacted ZJX and advised them of my problem. They asked me about fuel and I told them I had 1.5 hours. They said there was not a VFR airport within my range. There was a C172 doing IFR work in the area and I was advised to follow him down about 1 mi back, but I lost sight of the C172 and climbed back out of the cloud cover. ZJX gave me a heading to fly and they had a flight instructor talk me down through the clouds that I broke out at 800 ft then landed at ogf.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C150 PLT IS CAUGHT ABOVE AN OVCST AND HAS FLT ASSIST FROM AN AIRBORNE C172 PLT, ATC AND AN INSTRUCTOR ON THE GND TO GET SAFELY DOWN.
Narrative: I GOT A STANDARD WX BRIEFING PRIOR TO DEP FROM LNA AT XA45Z. THE BRIEFING SAID THAT THE CLOUD COVER OVER THE OCALA AREA WOULD BE BREAKING UP BY XD00Z. I DID NOT GET ANY INFLT WX UPDATES AND BY XD00Z I WAS AT 3000 FT MSL WITH SOLID CLOUD COVER AT 2500 FT MSL. I CONTACTED ZJX AND ADVISED THEM OF MY PROB. THEY ASKED ME ABOUT FUEL AND I TOLD THEM I HAD 1.5 HRS. THEY SAID THERE WAS NOT A VFR ARPT WITHIN MY RANGE. THERE WAS A C172 DOING IFR WORK IN THE AREA AND I WAS ADVISED TO FOLLOW HIM DOWN ABOUT 1 MI BACK, BUT I LOST SIGHT OF THE C172 AND CLBED BACK OUT OF THE CLOUD COVER. ZJX GAVE ME A HEADING TO FLY AND THEY HAD A FLT INSTRUCTOR TALK ME DOWN THROUGH THE CLOUDS THAT I BROKE OUT AT 800 FT THEN LANDED AT OGF.
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.