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During night, IMC approach and ILS unusable inside the middle marker, reporter faults airport for lack of VASI. With a sloping runway, at night and difficult approach, reporter says it was nearly impossible to gauge the proper GS.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 341514 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mry |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 341514 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
We landed on runway 10R at mry after an ILS approach to minimums, at night. The ILS was notamed unusable inside the middle marker. With the sloped runway, it was nearly impossible to gauge the proper glide path. This runway needs a VASI!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING NIGHT, IMC APCH AND ILS UNUSABLE INSIDE THE MIDDLE MARKER, RPTR FAULTS ARPT FOR LACK OF VASI. WITH A SLOPING RWY, AT NIGHT AND DIFFICULT APCH, RPTR SAYS IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GAUGE THE PROPER GS.
Narrative: WE LANDED ON RWY 10R AT MRY AFTER AN ILS APCH TO MINIMUMS, AT NIGHT. THE ILS WAS NOTAMED UNUSABLE INSIDE THE MIDDLE MARKER. WITH THE SLOPED RWY, IT WAS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE TO GAUGE THE PROPER GLIDE PATH. THIS RWY NEEDS A VASI!
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.