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A tb-10 tobago pilot;on an IFR flight but with little recent experience; lost control in IMC but recovered after losing altitude into VMC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 965843 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.TRACON |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Tobago TB-10 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Climb |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Air Traffic Control Military 5 Air Traffic Control Non Radar 5 Air Traffic Control Radar 5 Air Traffic Control Supervisory 5 Flight Crew Last 90 Days 10 Flight Crew Total 1000 Flight Crew Type 1000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Loss Of Aircraft Control Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
After entering a cloud deck I was not able to control aircraft. I prevented a stall by lowering the nose but picked up too much speed and lost altitude. I was at first unable to level the wings to stop right turn. I finally stopped the right turn and began a left turn to correct back to course. I recovered control of aircraft at about 2;000 ft and subsequently returned to VFR conditions. I was then cleared for a visual approach and landed without incident.I may have become distracted as my problems multiplied. A contributing factor may have been my lack of flying time caused by a lengthy layoff due to an 'annual [inspection] from hell'; which took three months to complete.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A TB-10 Tobago pilot;on an IFR flight but with little recent experience; lost control in IMC but recovered after losing altitude into VMC.
Narrative: After entering a cloud deck I was not able to control aircraft. I prevented a stall by lowering the nose but picked up too much speed and lost altitude. I was at first unable to level the wings to stop right turn. I finally stopped the right turn and began a left turn to correct back to course. I recovered control of aircraft at about 2;000 FT and subsequently returned to VFR conditions. I was then cleared for a visual approach and landed without incident.I may have become distracted as my problems multiplied. A contributing factor may have been my lack of flying time caused by a lengthy layoff due to an 'annual [inspection] from hell'; which took three months to complete.
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.