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Attributes | |
ACN | 211050 |
Time | |
Date | 199205 |
Day | Sat |
Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | airport : hpb |
State Reference | AK |
Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 500 |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | Marginal |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
Route In Use | arrival other enroute airway : hpb |
Flight Plan | VFR |
Person 1 | |
Affiliation | company : air taxi |
Function | flight crew : single pilot |
Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 2500 |
ASRS Report | 211050 |
Events | |
Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
Consequence | Other |
Supplementary | |
Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Automated WX station at hooper bay gave conflicting and varying reports. However, the WX was IFR. Exactly at the runway as I landed VFR, according to AWOS. Since the WX data may or may not been official, I may have violated basic VFR WX mins.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ATX PLT IN AK LANDED AT AN UNCTLED ARPT BELOW IFR MINS ON A VFR FLT PLAN.
Narrative: AUTOMATED WX STATION AT HOOPER BAY GAVE CONFLICTING AND VARYING RPTS. HOWEVER, THE WX WAS IFR. EXACTLY AT THE RWY AS I LANDED VFR, ACCORDING TO AWOS. SINCE THE WX DATA MAY OR MAY NOT BEEN OFFICIAL, I MAY HAVE VIOLATED BASIC VFR WX MINS.
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.