A PVT SMA PLT WENT THROUGH A HOLE IN BROKEN CLOUDS. ON HIS RETURN; AFTER THE TWR HAD CLOSED; HE FOUND NO CLOUDS AT ALL EVEN THOUGH ICT FSS WAS RPTING 100 FT OVCST. ICT FSS SAID THAT HE WAS OPERATING ILLEGALLY.

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FILED VFR COS TO DDC. 30 MI W DDC COULD CLRLY SEE ARPT BEACON AND LIGHTS OF DDC. 20-30 MI W OF DDC OVERHEARD ZKC TELLING ACR THAT DDC WAS IFR WITH MEASURED CEILING 100 FT. 10-15 MI W OF DDC ARPT COULD SEE LEAD-IN AND RWY LIGHTS THAT HAD BEEN TURNED ON BY ACR. 10 MI OUT CALLED ICT FSS TO CLOSE FLT PLAN. I WAS TOLD OF IFR CONDITIONS WITH MEASURED CEILING 100 FT. MENTIONED I WAS 10 W AT 6500 FT AND HAD ARPT CLRLY IN SIGHT. MADE ASSUMPTION THAT BY PROVIDING FSS WITH CURRENT VFR CONDITIONS THAT THE CURRENT OBSERVATION WOULD RESCIND ANY IFR RESTRICTIONS. SINCE THE ICT FSS WX OF RECORD WAS IFR PRIOR TO MY RPT TO FSS; I AM NOTIFYING NASA OF THE DISCREPANCY BTWN THE OBSERVED AND RECORDED CONDITIONS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 227761: FILED VFR DDC TO COS ABOUT XA30. THEY SAID CEILING 600 FT AT DDC ARPT. WHILE PREPARING FOR FLT; WX KEPT IMPROVING. CEILING BECAME BROKEN AND APPEARED TO BE LIFTING. TOOK OFF; CLBED THROUGH BROKEN AREA TO 6500 FT. OPENED FLT PLAN AND WAS TOLD BY ICT FSS THAT HAD TAKEN OFF ILLEGALLY BECAUSE DIDN'T HAVE SVFR.