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Pilot of a beech baron flew into clouds entering the traffic pattern at an uncontrolled airport for which WX reports were not available.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 497299 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200101 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 5a6.airport |
| State Reference | MS |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Baron 55/Cochise |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 250 |
| ASRS Report | 497299 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : radar |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
ZME cleared us to 2400 ft for visual. Spotted airport from overhead. Started turn to enter pattern. Re-entered clouds on crosswind, then regained visual shortly thereafter. Made visual approach to sag, no visibility report was available at this airport. Visibility may not have been 3 mi.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF A BEECH BARON FLEW INTO CLOUDS ENTERING THE TFC PATTERN AT AN UNCTLED ARPT FOR WHICH WX RPTS WERE NOT AVAILABLE.
Narrative: ZME CLRED US TO 2400 FT FOR VISUAL. SPOTTED ARPT FROM OVERHEAD. STARTED TURN TO ENTER PATTERN. RE-ENTERED CLOUDS ON XWIND, THEN REGAINED VISUAL SHORTLY THEREAFTER. MADE VISUAL APCH TO SAG, NO VISIBILITY RPT WAS AVAILABLE AT THIS ARPT. VISIBILITY MAY NOT HAVE BEEN 3 MI.
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.