OK I should explain
Good advice on the NASA form and Frank #2 has printed me out a copy and I have 10 days to submit it....And I will.
First off I had a number of choices before asking for the IFR clearance.
1) The cloud was broken, i.e in and out, rather than IN and "Oh NO!" and screwed. I could have climbed above (about 13K) turned around and gone back to where I came from.
2) I only went IFR 'cus the visibility was getting reduced to just above 5 miles in mountainous terrain below the cloud level.
3) I had just passed a VFR airport that was easy to get to.
4) Center had no reports of icing.
The plan was to fly IMC and if I started picking up ice to climb the 500 to 1000 feet to get on top. I could have done this fairly easily. The other point was the Victor airway was above the terrain (for radar coverage) but the ground was in a valley.
Bottom line is that in cruising into the cloud I could have gone any direction to clear the conditions.
So while I thinks its easy to armchair quarterback I don't think the decisions I made were to near the edge as I had a few outs.
As to the plates...Total screw up, Couldn't believe I'd done it, but once again there were several (VFR) outs.
It won't happen again thats for sure!..In fact Frank #2 is printing the plates for me...
Cheers all
Frank