PLT OF SMA ADVISED ZMA CTLR HE WAS DSNDING DOWN THROUGH OVCST TO FIND VFR WX 40 MI OFF FLORIDA COAST.

Date: 1992-01 · Aircraft: Small Aircraft; Low Wing; 1 Eng; Retractable Gear

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|inflight-event-encounter-vfr-in-imc|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence

Synopsis

PLT OF SMA ADVISED ZMA CTLR HE WAS DSNDING DOWN THROUGH OVCST TO FIND VFR WX 40 MI OFF FLORIDA COAST.

Narrative

DEPARTED MYAM (BAHAMAS) FOR 2 HR FLT TO FXE VIA MYGF. WX CHK WITH MIAMI CENTER PER CELLULAR PHONE WITHIN 5 MIN OF TKOF AND FILED AT SAME TIME. I UNDERSTOOD 'BROKEN SCATTERED ISOLATED PRECIPITATION.' AT 8500 FT BROKEN CLOUDS AT MYGF THAT WERE SOLID AT +/- 8000 FT 20-30 MI PAST MYGF. WX CHK WITH 122.0 MIAMI I UNDERSTOOD TO STATE 8000 FT CEILING. I THEN CONTACTED MIAMI CENTER 133.4 STATING I WANTED TO DSND THROUGH CLOUDS. THERE WAS NO VFR WAY TO DSND. I WANTED TO DSND 40 MI OUT; RATHER THAN NEARER THE COAST WHERE TFC WOULD BE HVY. WHEN ASKED IF IFR CERTIFIED I ANSWERED 'NO.' WHEN GIVEN A SQUAWK CODE WHEN I (THROUGH MIAMI CENTER) VERIFIED NO OTHER ACFT WERE IN THE AREA I EXPLAINED MY INTENTION TO DSND. I THOUGHT I WOULD BE DSNDING THROUGH A THIN SOLID LAYER THEN GET TO THE 'BROKEN' CLOUDS DESCRIBED (FROM 8000 +/-). I WAS IFR DOWN TO 3000 TO 2500. WHILE DSNDING I WAS HANDED OVER TO APCH CTL 126.05. THE CTLRS WERE GREAT; BUT I ALARMED THEM (I THINK) BECAUSE OF MY LACK OF IFR CERTIFICATION. I WAS CALM. THE FLT WAS UNEVENTFUL; BUT I UPSET THEIR ROUTINE (I THINK) CAUSED THEM TO DEV TOO MUCH ATTN TO ME.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.