VFR Into IMC

VFR into IMC

Description: VFR flight into instrument meteorological conditions is a leading cause of fatal GA accidents. This video, which was rendered from a 2008 online course built in Adobe Flash, re-creates an actual VFR-into-IMC accident and examines the lessons we can learn from it.

Accident Case Study: VFR into IMC

Flight Information

Flight Code: 902979
Aircraft: Beechcraft 35-A33 Debonair or Similar
Flight Plan: KBIL-KSPK
Flight Route: KBIL-Boysen VOR (BOY 117.8)-Fort Bridger VOR (FBR 114.45)-Follow Hwy80 to south Hwy40 to Heber City, UT- 219 heading from Heber City to Provo Canyon- Follow Provo Canyon and land at Spanish Fork KSPK

Description
You can fly this using whatever method and weather you want. You may wish to try flying it in clear weather without a flight plan while using only the VOR and visual cues as described in the above "Flight Route". It's a visually interesting flight with MSFS2020. For those not wanting that extra work load, included are downloadable flight plans for FSX and FS2020.

Download KBIL-KSPK Flight Plan


Flight Code Origin Destination Distance(NM) Orig Airport Dest Airport
902979KBILKSPK453Billings Intl AirportSpanish Fork Mun Airport

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