FLYING VFR IN IMC CONDITIONS

Sky Scrapper wrote:
HI everyone,
80% of aircrashes has taken place coz pilot attempted to fly VFR in
prevailing IMC.

Made up statistics. While measurement and categorization differ
from researcher to researcher most aircrashes don't even occur in
IMC (let alone by VFR). Weather in general comprises only 5%
or so of all accidents and less than 20% of the fatal accidents.


Most non-fatal accidents occur during takeoff and landing.

The issue is not that VFR-into-IMC comprises a large number
of crashes, but that VFR-into-IMC operations are more likely
to result in a crash (a fatal one at that) when they do occur.
Most of the weather related fatalities were VFR-into-IMC situations.

Source (2005 NALL REPORT, AOPA/Air Safety Foundation).