Microflite had not published an inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC) recovery procedure for their day visual flight rules pilots and their IIMC recovery training was not mandatory. The provision of this procedure and training would have reduced the risk of a loss of attitude control following an IIMC encounter.
The ATSB acknowledges Microflite has published an inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions (IIMC) recovery procedure for their day visual flight rules pilots but will only conduct the training element of this safety issue on a resource availability basis. However, as the IIMC training is not guaranteed for all the operator’s pilots, the safety issue of reducing the risk of loss of attitude control following an IIMC encounter is only partially addressed.
On 6 April 2023, Microflite advised the ATSB it was introducing their inadvertent instrument meteorological conditions recovery training to their day visual flight rules pilots.
On 21 November 2023, Microflite advised the ATSB it has amended their Flying Operations Manual to include a recovery procedure for pilots to follow during inadvertent entry into IMC. Furthermore:
