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C90 pilot requesting an opposite direction approach due to the recent FAA policy prohibiting same; indicated the policy was irrelevant a low density airports especially considering that many airports only have precision approach procedures in one direction.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1042837 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201210 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SLE.Airport |
| State Reference | OR |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | King Air C90 E90 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Direct |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Single Pilot Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Commercial |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types |
Narrative:
An unsafe situation now exists because of the solution of the FAA to the near miss as the result of opposite direction traffic in washington. They issued a blanket directive for all towers in the us prohibiting any opposite direction arrivals or departures at any tower airports regardless of conditions. I was denied an ILS or RNAV approach to runway 31 in salem by seattle center and salem tower when the weather was near minimums for the back course 13 because of this ridiculous opposite direction traffic rule. I almost missed the approach because of this rule when the ILS or RNAV to 31 would have very easy to complete. I hope the FAA can take another look at this so called solution which may apply to high density airports but is totally irrelevant at small low traffic airports with precision approaches in only one direction.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: C90 pilot requesting an opposite direction approach due to the recent FAA policy prohibiting same; indicated the policy was irrelevant a low density airports especially considering that many airports only have precision approach procedures in one direction.
Narrative: An unsafe situation now exists because of the solution of the FAA to the near miss as the result of opposite direction traffic in Washington. They issued a blanket directive for all towers in the U.S. prohibiting any opposite direction arrivals or departures at any tower airports regardless of conditions. I was denied an ILS or RNAV approach to Runway 31 in Salem by Seattle Center and Salem Tower when the weather was near minimums for the Back Course 13 because of this ridiculous opposite direction traffic rule. I almost missed the approach because of this rule when the ILS or RNAV to 31 would have very easy to complete. I hope the FAA can take another look at this so called solution which may apply to high density airports but is totally irrelevant at small low traffic airports with precision approaches in only one direction.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.