Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 12.2; Flight Crew Total 547; Flight Crew Type 300
Workload; Training / Qualification; Confusion
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Returned To Departure Airport; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Landed in Emergency Condition; General Declared Emergency
Aircraft; Environment - Non Weather Related; Procedure
During the cruise phase of flight; I encountered an oil pressure warning. I notified ATC who vectored me without incident back to my home airport. I did declare an emergency when asked by ATC. I was conducting a local IFR flight in order to maintain experience. Weather was VMC; broken at 2;000 FT with calm winds; so the conditions were great for some light IMC time.In March; I had conducted a flight review with an instructor where we had performed advanced IFR training such as partial panel approaches. At the time of the Flight in August; I was under the impression that this March flight review was an IPC whereas in fact my last IPC was in November 2012; so although I had done 6 IFR approaches in the 6 months (3 with an instructor) prior to August; I was actually not in compliance with FAR 61.57.
A non current IFR pilot on an IFR flight plan for currency declared an emergency because of an SR-22 oil pressure warning and discovered his lack of currency after landing.