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An air carrier captain complains that visual approachs to runway 9 early in the morning are adversely affected due to the sun's glare directly into the pilot's eyes and reflected off the runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 398710 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199804 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cvg tower : cvg |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | arrival 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 : 160 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 350 |
| ASRS Report | 398710 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Visual approachs to runway 9 at this time of morning are, in actuality, instrument approachs with limited visibility due to sun's glare coming right down runway. It should not be used.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CAPT COMPLAINS THAT VISUAL APCHS TO RWY 9 EARLY IN THE MORNING ARE ADVERSELY AFFECTED DUE TO THE SUN'S GLARE DIRECTLY INTO THE PLT'S EYES AND REFLECTED OFF THE RWY.
Narrative: VISUAL APCHS TO RWY 9 AT THIS TIME OF MORNING ARE, IN ACTUALITY, INST APCHS WITH LIMITED VISIBILITY DUE TO SUN'S GLARE COMING RIGHT DOWN RWY. IT SHOULD NOT BE USED.
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.