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Aci questions legality and flight crew judgement in making a visual approach to slc when visibility reduced sun position.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 361130 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199701 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : slc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 361130 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other non adherence : clearance other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
Evening, good visibility, accepted visual approach on downwind, turning final, low sun and smog reduced visibility. Airport still in sight, but specific runway contact lost for a few seconds. Had ILS backup and landed visual, no problem. Only reason for form is FAA inspector on jump seat questioned situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACI QUESTIONS LEGALITY AND FLC JUDGEMENT IN MAKING A VISUAL APCH TO SLC WHEN VISIBILITY REDUCED SUN POS.
Narrative: EVENING, GOOD VISIBILITY, ACCEPTED VISUAL APCH ON DOWNWIND, TURNING FINAL, LOW SUN AND SMOG REDUCED VISIBILITY. ARPT STILL IN SIGHT, BUT SPECIFIC RWY CONTACT LOST FOR A FEW SECONDS. HAD ILS BACKUP AND LANDED VISUAL, NO PROB. ONLY REASON FOR FORM IS FAA INSPECTOR ON JUMP SEAT QUESTIONED SIT.
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.