Atx cargo pilot enters traffic pattern against the grain because of clouds.

Attributes
ACN	241715
Time
Date	199305
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : o17
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 500 agl bound upper : 500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air taxi
Make Model Name	Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air taxi
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 80 flight time total : 3300 flight time type : 250
ASRS Report	241715
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other spatial deviation
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:

Due to low clouds surrounding airport and rising terrain on all but one side of airport, I elected to make a nonstandard entry into the pattern in the interest of safety. Contributing factors: low clouds. Too many pilots, not enough jobs. Laws that allow cargo operations to airports without any official way to determine flight condition.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATX CARGO PLT ENTERS TFC PATTERN AGAINST THE GRAIN BECAUSE OF CLOUDS.

Narrative: DUE TO LOW CLOUDS SURROUNDING ARPT AND RISING TERRAIN ON ALL BUT ONE SIDE OF ARPT, I ELECTED TO MAKE A NONSTANDARD ENTRY INTO THE PATTERN IN THE INTEREST OF SAFETY. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: LOW CLOUDS. TOO MANY PLTS, NOT ENOUGH JOBS. LAWS THAT ALLOW CARGO OPS TO ARPTS WITHOUT ANY OFFICIAL WAY TO DETERMINE FLT CONDITION.

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.