A C210 pilot strayed off course toward high terrain climbing through a marine layer on departure.

Attributes
ACN	849910
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna 210 Centurion / Turbo Centurion 210C 210D
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Climb
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 75 Flight Crew Total 1750 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT

Narrative:

Filed VFR on top. Typical marine layer at 1500-3000 ft. Departed and climbed into IFR. Concentrated on pitch; and apparently allowed aircraft to deviate toward rising terrain. Approach control notified me of the deviation; and I immediately corrected. I soon climbed above the layer and canceled my plan. Was instructed to contact a FSDO; which I did at my first fuel stop.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A C210 pilot strayed off course toward high terrain climbing through a marine layer on departure.

Narrative: Filed VFR on top. Typical marine layer at 1500-3000 FT. Departed and climbed into IFR. Concentrated on pitch; and apparently allowed aircraft to deviate toward rising terrain. Approach control notified me of the deviation; and I immediately corrected. I soon climbed above the layer and canceled my plan. Was instructed to contact a FSDO; which I did at my first fuel stop.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.