A C172 PLT FLYING AN IMC ILS EXPERIENCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WITH AN ALT LOSS. HE RECOVERED AND COMPLETED THE APCH.

Report 1 | Narrative: WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR THE ILS APCH; I SUFFERED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION AND ENTERED AN UNUSUAL ATTITUDE. THIS RESULTED IN ALT LOSS; LIKELY BELOW THE ALT I HAD BEEN CLRED TO. THIS LIKELY RESULTED FROM MY INEXPERIENCE IN OPERATING IN ACTUAL IMC. THE CTLR HAD GIVEN ME MY APCH CLRNC WHILE IN A DSNDING TURN JUST AS I HAD ENTERED A CLOUD. THIS QUICKLY OVERWHELMED ME. AFTER I RECOVERED AND READ BACK THE CLRNC; THE CTLR INSTRUCTED ME TO CONTACT THE TWR. HE MADE NO MENTION OF ANY ALTDEV. I FEEL THAT IF I HAD IGNORED THE RADIO AND FOCUSED ON FLYING THE ACFT; IT WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH LESS LIKELY THAT I WOULD HAVE LOST CTL.

Report 1 | Synopsis: A C172 PLT FLYING AN IMC ILS EXPERIENCED SPATIAL DISORIENTATION WITH AN ALT LOSS. HE RECOVERED AND COMPLETED THE APCH.