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Flight crew of an air carrier light transport turboprop descended before being cleared for a visual approach and immediately caught their mistake and returned to assigned final fix altitude. Due to low flight visibility they were delayed in runway contact and consequently notifying ATC of same.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 404890 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : rdg |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1700 msl bound upper : 1900 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : rdg tower : rdg artcc : zbw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 5600 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 404890 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Vectored for visual approach to rdg runway 13. WX reported as 10 mi, flight visibility estimated 1-3 mi. Turned onto final at 2 mi. No runway contact. Cleared to 1900 ft. Runway contact. Continued for runway. Visual approach clearance was not given. I thought we had called runway in sight. First officer was not sure. Went below 1900 ft by 200 ft for 10 seconds before visual clearance was given. Normal landing. Tower did not notify us of the lower than reported visibility.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN ACR LTT TURBOPROP DSNDED BEFORE BEING CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH AND IMMEDIATELY CAUGHT THEIR MISTAKE AND RETURNED TO ASSIGNED FINAL FIX ALT. DUE TO LOW FLT VISIBILITY THEY WERE DELAYED IN RWY CONTACT AND CONSEQUENTLY NOTIFYING ATC OF SAME.
Narrative: VECTORED FOR VISUAL APCH TO RDG RWY 13. WX RPTED AS 10 MI, FLT VISIBILITY ESTIMATED 1-3 MI. TURNED ONTO FINAL AT 2 MI. NO RWY CONTACT. CLRED TO 1900 FT. RWY CONTACT. CONTINUED FOR RWY. VISUAL APCH CLRNC WAS NOT GIVEN. I THOUGHT WE HAD CALLED RWY IN SIGHT. FO WAS NOT SURE. WENT BELOW 1900 FT BY 200 FT FOR 10 SECONDS BEFORE VISUAL CLRNC WAS GIVEN. NORMAL LNDG. TWR DID NOT NOTIFY US OF THE LOWER THAN RPTED VISIBILITY.
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.