Briefed

It had been a long day: Several hours breathing O2 in the low teens, covering more than 1000 nm. But I was on the ground, safe and sound, at Cheap Gas Muni. I was all topped off and on the takeoff roll for the short hop to Cheap Hangar Field. I had to do some broken-field running to get here late on this summer afternoon, but thanks to Nexrad and ATC, I was able to avoid the big bumps and hadnt even gotten wet.

Key Takeaways:

• After a long day of flying, a pilot made a fuel stop and, upon takeoff, encountered an unexpected storm directly over his destination.
• Unable to land, the pilot prudently diverted to a nearby airport, waited for the storm to pass, and then completed his final leg home.
• The incident served as a reminder of the critical importance of conducting a thorough pre-flight weather briefing for each segment of a journey, as doing so would have revealed the storm and allowed him to avoid the diversion.

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