Moderately experienced private pilot scud runs to get home to ikv.

Attributes
ACN	599496
Time
Date	200311
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ikv.airport
State Reference	IA
Altitude	agl single value : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Fog
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : tul.tracon
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	cruise : enroute altitude change cruise : level descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : traffic pattern arrival : vfr
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	other
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 1200 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	599496
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight was from pia to ikv. Forecast was for localized marginal VFR at destination. Actual conditions were IMC for last 10-30 mi. Reduced altitude to 500 ft AGL to retain visual ground contact and flew into ikv using GPS. Hold ATC flight following as far as quad-cities, but was reducing altitude from initial 4500 ft to below radar coverage. Went to VFR squawk from ia city on. Airspace east of ikv is class G. Visibility was probably down to 1 mi at destination. In retrospect, probably should have landed in grimmel, about 40 mi east of ikv.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MODERATELY EXPERIENCED PVT PLT SCUD RUNS TO GET HOME TO IKV.

Narrative: FLT WAS FROM PIA TO IKV. FORECAST WAS FOR LOCALIZED MARGINAL VFR AT DEST. ACTUAL CONDITIONS WERE IMC FOR LAST 10-30 MI. REDUCED ALT TO 500 FT AGL TO RETAIN VISUAL GND CONTACT AND FLEW INTO IKV USING GPS. HOLD ATC FLT FOLLOWING AS FAR AS QUAD-CITIES, BUT WAS REDUCING ALT FROM INITIAL 4500 FT TO BELOW RADAR COVERAGE. WENT TO VFR SQUAWK FROM IA CITY ON. AIRSPACE E OF IKV IS CLASS G. VISIBILITY WAS PROBABLY DOWN TO 1 MI AT DEST. IN RETROSPECT, PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE LANDED IN GRIMMEL, ABOUT 40 MI E OF IKV.

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.