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Air carrier PIC reports an illegal approach performed due to approach light system being out of service.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 134294 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199001 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 350 agl bound upper : 2500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : ewr |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 4100 |
| ASRS Report | 134294 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Airport | other physical facility |
| Navigational Aid | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Arrived in north.Y. Approach area for approach into ewr. WX was well below forecast WX for our arrival. Company NOTAMS received in chicago made no mention of runway 22L ALS being OTS. Ewr ATIS at 50Z also did not mention the ALS NOTAM. WX was 600/1. Approach informed us RVR was 2600'. We briefed the approach with minimums of 1800' RVR with captain landing from monitored approach if RVR fell below 2400' RVR. At G/south intercept, RVR was reported as 3000'. We picked up the runway environment at 350' AGL and noticed the ALS was not on. A quick check showed runway 22L requires RVR 4000' for ALS inoperative. We started on illegal approach due to lack of information on the NOTAM. Landing was made west/O incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR PIC REPORTS AN ILLEGAL APCH PERFORMED DUE TO APCH LIGHT SYSTEM BEING OUT OF SERVICE.
Narrative: ARRIVED IN N.Y. APCH AREA FOR APCH INTO EWR. WX WAS WELL BELOW FORECAST WX FOR OUR ARR. COMPANY NOTAMS RECEIVED IN CHICAGO MADE NO MENTION OF RWY 22L ALS BEING OTS. EWR ATIS AT 50Z ALSO DID NOT MENTION THE ALS NOTAM. WX WAS 600/1. APCH INFORMED US RVR WAS 2600'. WE BRIEFED THE APCH WITH MINIMUMS OF 1800' RVR WITH CAPT LNDG FROM MONITORED APCH IF RVR FELL BELOW 2400' RVR. AT G/S INTERCEPT, RVR WAS RPTED AS 3000'. WE PICKED UP THE RWY ENVIRONMENT AT 350' AGL AND NOTICED THE ALS WAS NOT ON. A QUICK CHK SHOWED RWY 22L REQUIRES RVR 4000' FOR ALS INOP. WE STARTED ON ILLEGAL APCH DUE TO LACK OF INFO ON THE NOTAM. LNDG WAS MADE W/O INCIDENT.
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.