Narrative:

I departed dallas executive airport on a mission to take a mother and her daughter to stillwater, ok. We were on a VFR flight plan and I was flying and my co-pilot, who is a high time private pilot, was communicating with ATC. We requested flight following and were handed off to dfw regional departure. At our assigned altitude it was difficult to maintain proper cloud clearance. ATC was very busy and we were not able to make our situation known. If we could have communicated with ATC we could have gotten an altitude change or changed our flight plan from VFR to IFR. The co-pilot, in his frustration at not being able to communicate our situation, reported that we were in IFR conditions. After this statement from the co-pilot, ATC cleared us to climb and the remainder of the flight was conducted without problems.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN SMA ANGEL FLT PLT CONTINUED HIS VFR FLT INTO IMC IN D10'S AIRSPACE.

Narrative: I DEPARTED DALLAS EXECUTIVE ARPT ON A MISSION TO TAKE A MOTHER AND HER DAUGHTER TO STILLWATER, OK. WE WERE ON A VFR FLT PLAN AND I WAS FLYING AND MY CO-PLT, WHO IS A HIGH TIME PVT PLT, WAS COMMUNICATING WITH ATC. WE REQUESTED FLT FOLLOWING AND WERE HANDED OFF TO DFW REGIONAL DEP. AT OUR ASSIGNED ALT IT WAS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN PROPER CLOUD CLRNC. ATC WAS VERY BUSY AND WE WERE NOT ABLE TO MAKE OUR SIT KNOWN. IF WE COULD HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH ATC WE COULD HAVE GOTTEN AN ALT CHANGE OR CHANGED OUR FLT PLAN FROM VFR TO IFR. THE CO-PLT, IN HIS FRUSTRATION AT NOT BEING ABLE TO COMMUNICATE OUR SIT, RPTED THAT WE WERE IN IFR CONDITIONS. AFTER THIS STATEMENT FROM THE CO-PLT, ATC CLRED US TO CLB AND THE REMAINDER OF THE FLT WAS CONDUCTED WITHOUT PROBS.

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.