<< >> NASA ASRS Report 534177, January 2002

Reporter believes that government chart agency should publish charts for cef, a military field.

Attributes
ACN	534177
Time
Date	200201
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cef.airport
State Reference	MA
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : zzz.tower
Person 1
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time total : 4700
ASRS Report	534177
Events
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Chart Or Publication

Narrative:

Even though cef (westover/springfield, ma) is open to civilian use, the government chart agency does not publish the instrument approachs in the civilian publication. Government chart agency publishes only arrs and departures. Commercial chart does publish the approachs in their civilian set. I contacted a representative at government chart agency to suggest that they correct this. He indicated that approachs would be published only if military aspect of field were decommissioned. Government chart agency should publish all public instrument approachs to all public use airports -- just like commercial chart company does. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter stated a number of pilots in cpr aircraft have been known to use cef airbase as a divert airport during periods of bad WX. He said he was informed by personnel on the civilian side of the field that some of those pilots use government charts.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR BELIEVES THAT GOV CHART AGENCY SHOULD PUBLISH CHARTS FOR CEF, A MIL FIELD.

Narrative: EVEN THOUGH CEF (WESTOVER/SPRINGFIELD, MA) IS OPEN TO CIVILIAN USE, THE GOV CHART AGENCY DOES NOT PUBLISH THE INST APCHS IN THE CIVILIAN PUB. GOV CHART AGENCY PUBLISHES ONLY ARRS AND DEPS. COMMERCIAL CHART DOES PUBLISH THE APCHS IN THEIR CIVILIAN SET. I CONTACTED A REPRESENTATIVE AT GOV CHART AGENCY TO SUGGEST THAT THEY CORRECT THIS. HE INDICATED THAT APCHS WOULD BE PUBLISHED ONLY IF MIL ASPECT OF FIELD WERE DECOMMISSIONED. GOV CHART AGENCY SHOULD PUBLISH ALL PUBLIC INST APCHS TO ALL PUBLIC USE ARPTS -- JUST LIKE COMMERCIAL CHART COMPANY DOES. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED A NUMBER OF PLTS IN CPR ACFT HAVE BEEN KNOWN TO USE CEF AIRBASE AS A DIVERT ARPT DURING PERIODS OF BAD WX. HE SAID HE WAS INFORMED BY PERSONNEL ON THE CIVILIAN SIDE OF THE FIELD THAT SOME OF THOSE PLTS USE GOV CHARTS.

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.