FLYING VFR IN IMC CONDITIONS

In article , ag7337
@gideon.org says...
On Sat, 15 Jul 2006 12:13:13 -0400, Ron Natalie wrote:

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.

I don't think he means that though. He means VFR pilots.

What's that saying? "169 seconds to live" - or somethin' like that.

--
Duncan

Andrew Gideon schrieb:

crashes as you state. Perhaps I'm just being cynical, but I can imagine
instrument rated pilots doing quite well in the clouds w/o a clearance.

Depends on the amount of cumuli graniti in the vicinity (cumuli silvae
work, too). Every year one or two such encounters around here.

Stefan

On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:10:12 +0200, Stefan wrote:

Depends on the amount of cumuli graniti in the vicinity (cumuli silvae
work, too). Every year one or two such encounters around here.

That's a good point. But would that be classified as VFR-into-IMC or as
CFIT in the statistics? Both, perhaps?

- Andrew

Andrew Gideon wrote:
On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 16:10:12 +0200, Stefan wrote:

Depends on the amount of cumuli graniti in the vicinity (cumuli silvae
work, too). Every year one or two such encounters around here.

That's a good point. But would that be classified as VFR-into-IMC or as
CFIT in the statistics? Both, perhaps?

- Andrew

I think the key word here is the "controlled" in CFIT....