Accident Report: VFR into IMC

GO BEYOND THE TEXTBOOK WITH INSIGHTFUL RESEARCH AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON GENERAL AVIATION’S MOST FATAL WEATHER-RELATED ACCIDENT CATEGORY

Flying under visual flight rules into instrument meteorological conditions, commonly known as VFR into IMC, remains among the top five causes of fatal general aviation (GA) accidents and among the top with the highest lethality. These largely preventable accidents impact pilots including those with an instrument rating.

Learn from the pilots who survived the encounter and what makes these accidents so deadly. Prevention and escape come down to knowledge, good decision making, real-world training, and honing skills through ongoing proficiency.

You’ll review:

History of VFR into IMC accidents
Accident trends
Contributing factors
Prevention and escape

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