C205 pilot on a VFR cross country flight reports landing on a road when unforecast weather closes in...

Attributes
ACN	950661
Time
Date	201105
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Super Skywagon/Super Skylane
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Direct Visual Approach
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Private Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3500 Flight Crew Type 15
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

[It was a] VFR flight. Got weather briefing from FSS that morning for route; no adverse weather reported. [I] checked weather on an internet flight planner also. Checked radar returns on a weather site. Everything was west of route. Stopped for fuel and checked weather with my laptop computer. No adverse weather reported. [I] was on flight following with salt lake city at 10;500 ft MSL. Almost instantly weather went sour and after checking with center they stated they showed nothing reporting. After getting in a valley the weather closed in and I was trying to get to the closest airport but the visibility went down so I circled a road and when no cars were coming; I landed. Pulled aircraft off road and no damage and no one hurt.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C205 pilot on a VFR cross country flight reports landing on a road when unforecast weather closes in while flying through a valley.

Narrative: [It was a] VFR flight. Got weather briefing from FSS that morning for route; no adverse weather reported. [I] checked weather on an internet flight planner also. Checked radar returns on a weather site. Everything was west of route. Stopped for fuel and checked weather with my laptop computer. No adverse weather reported. [I] was on flight following with Salt Lake City at 10;500 FT MSL. Almost instantly weather went sour and after checking with Center they stated they showed nothing reporting. After getting in a valley the weather closed in and I was trying to get to the closest airport but the visibility went down so I circled a road and when no cars were coming; I landed. Pulled aircraft off road and no damage and no one hurt.

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.