A flight crew were cleared for a visual approach by center. After landing they were asked by the gro...

Narrative:

With traffic in the area center asked us if we had the field insight. The captain and I both acknowledged that we did and communicated that with center. We were then given direct to the NDB at which time further instructions would be given. Just before reaching the NDB we were cleared visual for runway 31. We rejoined our lateral track of the GPS ground track to line us up with the runway and activate the secondary flight plan in case of a balked landing. When we switched with tower he asked us if we were still on the GPS approach. We then told him that we were on a visual and approx 4 nm for the field. Several moments later we were cleared to land runway 31. As we exited the runway ground said he had a question for us. He asked ' are we allowed to do visuals since he had never seen a crew accept that clearance'. This alarmed both of us in the flight deck so we read over the notes again to find visual procedures north/a. We are not sure if it's for the visual published in the jepps are if no visuals are allowed ever. The airport information needs to be clearer about visual approaches. Are they approved or are they not no matter what the circumstances.we should have just accepted the hold and waited for the IFR traffic to clear the area. We answered 'field in sight' without thinking of any issues that may come up. However; if it is found that no visuals are acceptable then it needs to say it in bold writing so there is no confusion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Crew were cleared for a visual approach by Center. After landing they were asked by the Ground Controller if; 'they are allowed to do visuals since he had never seen a crew accept that clearance'. They looked over their 'notes' and found 'Visual Procedures N/A'.

Narrative: With traffic in the area center asked us if we had the field insight. The Captain and I both acknowledged that we did and communicated that with center. We were then given direct to the NDB at which time further instructions would be given. Just before reaching the NDB we were cleared visual for Runway 31. We rejoined our lateral track of the GPS ground track to line us up with the runway and activate the secondary flight plan in case of a balked landing. When we switched with tower he asked us if we were still on the GPS approach. We then told him that we were on a visual and approx 4 nm for the field. Several moments later we were cleared to land runway 31. As we exited the runway ground said he had a question for us. He asked ' are we allowed to do visuals since he had never seen a crew accept that clearance'. This alarmed both of us in the flight deck so we read over the notes again to find Visual Procedures N/A. We are not sure if it's for the visual published in the Jepps are if no visuals are allowed ever. The airport information needs to be clearer about visual approaches. Are they approved or are they not no matter what the circumstances.We should have just accepted the hold and waited for the IFR traffic to clear the area. We answered 'field in sight' without thinking of any issues that may come up. However; if it is found that no visuals are acceptable then it needs to say it in bold writing so there is no confusion.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

Attributes
ACN	1243143
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A flight crew were cleared for a visual approach by center. After landing they were asked by the ground controller if; 'they are allowed to do visuals since he had never seen a crew accept that clearance'. They looked over their 'notes' and found 'visual procedures north/a'.