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On Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:24:59 -0500, "Gary Drescher"
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"Steven P. McNicoll" wrote in message
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One cannot be above clouds and have VMC upon reaching controlled
airspace
at 700' AGL, VFR cloud clearance requires a minimum of 1000' above
clouds.

Good point. So the puzzle here is not why the pilot was found to have been
careless and reckless, but rather why he *wasn't* found to have knowingly
entered controlled airspace in IMC without a clearance.

--Gary

Maybe he didn't.

Maybe he stayed below 700' until he got into an area where the
uncontrolled airspace went to 1200', or the fog was not a factor.

Well, the report says the pilot says he entered controlled airspace at 700'.
But you're right, there might not have been clouds below him by then.

--Gary