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Pilot confesses to takeoff from a VFR uncontrolled airport under IFR. There is no published approach procedure for that airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 132937 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199001 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : o46 |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff ground : preflight ground other : taxi |
| Route In Use | departure other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 2600 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 132937 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
The part 135 rules are confusing! Did not now that at a VFR, uncontrolled field you cannot depart under IFR if there is no approach into that field. I did so. This was purely unintentional. There are hundreds of part 135 pilots who err everyday due to misconceptions of far's!!!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT CONFESSES TO TKOF FROM A VFR UNCONTROLLED ARPT UNDER IFR. THERE IS NO PUBLISHED APCH PROC FOR THAT ARPT.
Narrative: THE PART 135 RULES ARE CONFUSING! DID NOT NOW THAT AT A VFR, UNCONTROLLED FIELD YOU CANNOT DEPART UNDER IFR IF THERE IS NO APCH INTO THAT FIELD. I DID SO. THIS WAS PURELY UNINTENTIONAL. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PART 135 PLTS WHO ERR EVERYDAY DUE TO MISCONCEPTIONS OF FAR'S!!!
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.