Golden Eagle 421
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 9500; Flight Crew Type 250
Time Pressure
Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Diverted
Weather; Human Factors; Procedure
I was getting off my shift and was asked to reposition an airplane...to swap with another. [Operations] started texting me telling me to hurry home. I went ahead and got a very quick check of the weather and filed...; expecting approximately 2 miles and 400 FT. As I got closer it deteriorated to 200 FT and less than half a mile. I shot the approach; went missed and diverted to [alternate]. [Alternate] was reporting 300 FT and 1 or 2 miles with freezing rain. I should have declared an emergency but did not. The first approach I missed due to full deflection but the second one was fine and I landed. Rushing and the pressure set by management to hurry home; set up a chain of events that could have had tragic consequences. I allowed myself to be influenced by the pressure of the [company] to hurry back and had to violate some rules as a result.
C421 pilot; under pressure from the company to reposition an aircraft; had a missed approach at the destination due to weather and then proceeded to an alternate where the second approach was successful.