SMA WITH INST STUDENT SOLO; PRACTICING ILS APCH IS ASKED TO LAND; CTL ZONE IS IFR.

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THIS MORNING I ALMOST OVERRAN THE RWY. THE MISTAKES I MADE WERE MENTAL AND PROCEDURAL. I WAS NOT MENTALLY PREPARED TO LAND; IN FACT; I HAD NO INTENTION TO LAND; AND WAS ILL PREPARED AND POORLY POSITIONED TO LAND. I PUT IT DOWN; AND ONLY BARELY GOT IT STOPPED IN TIME. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? I AM A VFR PLT TAKING IFR INSTRUCTION. SOLO; I LEFT EMT SHORTLY AFTER DAWN IN AN SMA. I RPTED TO ONT APCH; REQUESTING MULTIPLE PRACTICE ILS APCHS AT CNO IN VFR CONDITIONS. MY CALL TO FLT SVC EARLIER IN THE MORNING INDICATED THE AREA TO BE VFR. ARRIVING OVER PDZ VORTAC; I WAS ADVISED THAT CNO WAS IFR WITH VISIBILITY OF 1/16 MI. ENRTE I WAS IN VFR CONDITIONS; AND I COULD SEE A PATCHY GND FOG IN SECTIONS OF FARMLAND BELOW. I OBTAINED PERMISSION TO MAKE AN ILS APCH IN VFR CONDITIONS; AND WAS TWICE GIVEN VFR CLBOUT INSTRUCTIONS. CNO WAS VISIBLE FROM THE AIR; UNDER A THIN WISPY LAYER AT 1500 FT AND A LIGHT RADIATING GND FOG. I ESTABLISHED ON THE GS AND PROCEEDED DOWN TO MY DECISION HT IN VFR CONDITIONS; THE FIELD BEING ALWAYS IN SIGHT IN THE DISPERSING GND FOG. UNFORTUNATELY; I HAD FAILED TO PRE-SET THE TWR FREQ ON MY NEXT RADIO; AND WHEN DIRECTED TO CONTACT CNO TWR; I GOT FOULED UP LOOKING FOR FREQS. I FAILED TO CHK IN IN A TIMELY FASHION. BY THE MM; I HAD REACHED DECISION HT; APPLIED FULL PWR; AND WAS ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE RATE OF CLB; PURSUANT TO THE VFR CLBOUT INSTRUCTIONS. ON CONTACTING THE TWR; I WAS DIRECTED TO LAND; DUE TO A DEVELOPING TFC CONFLICT SIT INVOLVING A MISSED APCH AT ONT. BY THEN; I WAS HIGH; HOT; AND ALMOST OVER THE FENCE. VISIBILITY WAS NEVER A FACTOR; BUT SPD AND ALT WERE. TOUCHDOWN WAS MIDFIELD; AND I GOT THE PLANE STOPPED; BUT IT WASN'T PRETTY. THE TWR INQUIRED IF I HAD RECEIVED A LATE HDOF; AND I ACCEPTED THE BLAME FOR NOT RPTING TIMELY. THEY ASKED IF I WANTED AN IFR BACK TO MET; AND SEEMED SURPRISED WHEN I ASKED FOR A VFR BACK TO EMT. EVIDENTLY; THEY WERE UNAWARE THAT I WAS A VFR PLT WHO HAD BEEN DIRECTED TO LAND WHILE THE ARPT WAS STILL TECHNICALLY IFR. I HAD NO INTENTION TO LAND; AND I CERTAINLY HAD NO INTENTION TO SET DOWN IN IFR. RISING TO THE SIT; THE TWR REVISED THE WX OBSERVATION AND RAISED THE VISIBILITY TO 1 MI; ALLOWING ME TO TAKE OFF SVFR BACK TO EMT WITHOUT INCIDENT. I ACCEPT THE BLAME FOR NOT CHANGING MY FREQ IN TIME. HAD I BEEN TOLD TO LAND UPON TIMELY HDOF; I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN HOT AND FAST. THE BLAME IS MY OWN. I WONDER; THOUGH; IF CNO TWR WOULD HAVE CALLED UPON ME TO CHANGE MY PLANS; AND WOULD HAVE DIRECTED ME TO LAND IN TECHNICALLY IFR CONDITIONS; IF THEY HAD REALIZED THAT I WAS A VFR PLT FLYING A PRACTICE ILS APCH IN VFR CONDITIONS. WHAT WAS I SUPPOSED TO DO? I MAKE NO COMPLAINT. I ACCEPT THE BLAME FOR MY CONDUCT. MAYBE SOMEONE ELSE CAN LEARN SOMETHING FROM MY MISTAKES.