Rogue IFR

David Gunter wrote:

I do have a question: What would happen if this rogue pilot who is
flying VFR in solid IMC were to land at a towered airport such as we
have in Santa Fe?

Without talking to the tower? Sounds like the tower controller will
have some paperwork to do.


SAF has no radar but the controller is in front of the
windows and knows for certain what the weather is like around the airport.

Around the airport is irrelavant. At the airport is the only thing that
matters.



If this pilot were to call in to request a landing would the controller
be obligated to report this?

The controller would say "the field is IFR say intentions." This is the
pilots warning that you can't land VFR, in case you somehow didn't get
the weather. If he comes back and says "I want to land." then I get to
treat him like the idiot he is. He will not get a landing clearance.
He will have to ask for either a SVFR or an instrument clearance. I have
never seen this situation happen at a towered field because these guys
know this is what happens. So they stick to the uncontrolled fields.