nddons
Touchdown! Greaser!
Wow. My CFII and I went out tonight looking for actual IMC, and boy did we get it.
We departed from KUES, and here was the METAR at time of departure:
KUES 090045Z 22006KT 2 1/2SM BR SKC 02/00 A3001
Fog was scheduled to move in at 0300Z. We headed for Burlington (KBUU) and once airborn learned the Wx had fallen below minimums for the VOR RWY 29 approach. While our original intention was to land at BUU, and pick up another IR clearance back to KUES, we could not, but decided to fly the approach anyway to explore the minimums.
After going missed, we received vectors back to KUES, but were told by MKE approach that visibility went down to 1/4 mile:
KUES 090110Z 24004KT 1/4SM FG OVC003 01/00 A3001
Quite a change in 25 minutes! 2 1/2 down to 1/4, and SKC down to OVC003.
We decided to shoot the approach anyway, as the ILS mins were 200 - 1/2, in the event our flight visibility was better than the what was reported at the surface. It was not. I've flown approaches to minimums, but this had some pucker factor in it. We went missed, and while our alternate was Green Bay, nearby Timmerman was reporting 7 miles, though that was going to be dropping as well.
KMWC 090145Z 20004KT 3SM BR CLR 02/M01 A3001
KMWC 090045Z 19005KT 7SM SKC 03/M01 A3000
We flew an uneventful approach with a circle to land into MWC, but had to leave the 172 there while we caught a ride back to our home base.
What a night, and what a learning experience.
We departed from KUES, and here was the METAR at time of departure:
KUES 090045Z 22006KT 2 1/2SM BR SKC 02/00 A3001
Fog was scheduled to move in at 0300Z. We headed for Burlington (KBUU) and once airborn learned the Wx had fallen below minimums for the VOR RWY 29 approach. While our original intention was to land at BUU, and pick up another IR clearance back to KUES, we could not, but decided to fly the approach anyway to explore the minimums.
After going missed, we received vectors back to KUES, but were told by MKE approach that visibility went down to 1/4 mile:
KUES 090110Z 24004KT 1/4SM FG OVC003 01/00 A3001
Quite a change in 25 minutes! 2 1/2 down to 1/4, and SKC down to OVC003.
We decided to shoot the approach anyway, as the ILS mins were 200 - 1/2, in the event our flight visibility was better than the what was reported at the surface. It was not. I've flown approaches to minimums, but this had some pucker factor in it. We went missed, and while our alternate was Green Bay, nearby Timmerman was reporting 7 miles, though that was going to be dropping as well.
KMWC 090145Z 20004KT 3SM BR CLR 02/M01 A3001
KMWC 090045Z 19005KT 7SM SKC 03/M01 A3000
We flew an uneventful approach with a circle to land into MWC, but had to leave the 172 there while we caught a ride back to our home base.
What a night, and what a learning experience.