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Incident

FAA incident report · Amtr RV-6 · Morgantown, WV · July 28, 2003

Date: July 28, 2003 · 13:54 local
Place: Morgantown, WV
Phase of flight: Normal Cruise
Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
Aircraft: N50KS
Reported as: Amtr RV6
People aboard: 1
Fatal injuries: 0
Pilot’s flight hours: 1,314 total168 in this make and model51 in the last 90 days

N50KSRegistered now · Shuman Kenneth R RV-6S/N 20535 · Built 2001 Airframe modelShuman Kenneth R RV-6 Engine modelLycoming 0-320 seriesReciprocating

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What happened

The FAA’s narrative, in sentence case. The FAA writes it in capitals and removes private details.

(-23) Flight was trapped above an overcast with the weather deteriorating and convective activity increasing. In order to maintain VMC the pilot tried to climb above the building/increasing cumulus clouds. The flight temporarily penetrated the class a airspace. Pilot does not hold instrument rating, the aircraft is not equipped for IFR flight and not equipped with supplemental oxygen. ATC declared an emergency with the concurrence of PIC. ATC vectored the flight towards VMC conditions and the flight landed safely at kafj. Submission of this report closes this incident.

As the FAA filed it

(-23) FLIGHT WAS TRAPPED ABOVE AN OVERCAST WITH THE WEATHER DETERIORATING AND CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY INCREASING. IN ORDER TO MAINTAIN VMC THE PILOT TRIED TO CLIMB ABOVE THE BUILDING/INCREASING CUMULUS CLOUDS. THE FLIGHT TEMPORARILY PENETRATED THE CLASS A AIRSPACE. PILOT DOES NOT HOLD INSTRUMENT RATING, THE AIRCRAFT IS NOT EQUIPPED FOR IFR FLIGHT AND NOT EQUIPPED WITH SUPPLEMENTAL OXYGEN. ATC DECLARED AN EMERGENCY WITH THE CONCURRENCE OF PIC. ATC VECTORED THE FLIGHT TOWARDS VMC CONDITIONS AND THE FLIGHT LANDED SAFELY AT KAFJ. SUBMISSION OF THIS REPORT CLOSES THIS INCIDENT.