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Private pilot of a piper PA28-151 questions the reason for FAA having WX information available when pilots do not after the tower closes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 406409 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199806 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : frg |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Dawn |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | PA-28 Cherokee/Archer II/Dakota/Pillan/Warrior |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : private |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 12 flight time total : 231 flight time type : 200 |
| ASRS Report | 406409 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | faa : investigated |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
Apparently frg has observation equipment on field that could let aircraft know about field conditions after the tower is closed. When we called ny FSS in the past, they don't report airport (frg) conditions after hours. Yet FSDO can use this information for enforcement of visibility and sky conditions. Giving pilots this information after hours by phone through FSS would better serve air safety.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PVT PLT OF A PIPER PA28-151 QUESTIONS THE REASON FOR FAA HAVING WX INFO AVAILABLE WHEN PLTS DO NOT AFTER THE TWR CLOSES.
Narrative: APPARENTLY FRG HAS OBSERVATION EQUIP ON FIELD THAT COULD LET ACFT KNOW ABOUT FIELD CONDITIONS AFTER THE TWR IS CLOSED. WHEN WE CALLED NY FSS IN THE PAST, THEY DON'T RPT ARPT (FRG) CONDITIONS AFTER HRS. YET FSDO CAN USE THIS INFO FOR ENFORCEMENT OF VISIBILITY AND SKY CONDITIONS. GIVING PLTS THIS INFO AFTER HRS BY PHONE THROUGH FSS WOULD BETTER SERVE AIR SAFETY.
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.