<< >> NASA ASRS Report 516900, June 2001

On being cleared for a visual approach and descending to 1000 ft into bda, a B767 crew may not have complied with local restrs.

Attributes
ACN	516900
Time
Date	200106
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : txkf.airport
State Reference	FO
Altitude	agl single value : 1000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 1700
ASRS Report	516900
Events
Anomaly	airspace violation : entry non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other spatial deviation
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

After cleared for a visual approach by approach control, I descended below a scattered layer of clouds to 1000 ft AGL to keep runway in sight and was within 3 mi of shore. I may have misunderstood the restr of not flying within 3 mi of shore.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ON BEING CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH AND DSNDING TO 1000 FT INTO BDA, A B767 CREW MAY NOT HAVE COMPLIED WITH LOCAL RESTRS.

Narrative: AFTER CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH BY APCH CTL, I DSNDED BELOW A SCATTERED LAYER OF CLOUDS TO 1000 FT AGL TO KEEP RWY IN SIGHT AND WAS WITHIN 3 MI OF SHORE. I MAY HAVE MISUNDERSTOOD THE RESTR OF NOT FLYING WITHIN 3 MI OF SHORE.

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.