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IFR general aviation aircraft noted weather; fog bank; had completely dissipated from the landing airport and requested a visual approach but was denied a clearance by the tower; ATC noting the official weather that had not yet been updated; reporter was finally granted SVFR clearance with; 'land at your own risk'; addendum.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 841336 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200906 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Bonanza 36 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Single Pilot |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 25 Flight Crew Total 11000 Flight Crew Type 1500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
While flying into the airport on an IFR flight plan; the ATIS was calling 1/2 mile & rvrs. The weather was old because as I flew closer to the base; I could see the fog bank had moved east of the field and field was cavu. I called the field in sight and requested visual approach and was denied since approach only had the old weather. Instead of taking vectors for south of the VFR field; for an ILS; I canceled IFR and contacted tower. Tower seemed very confused; asking if I could accept 'special VFR;' which I accepted. I was cleared to land. With my gear down and on short final I was told to climb to 3000 ft and contact approach. Since my gear was down; and I was short final (field was completely VFR -- ceiling unlimited (blue sky); no fog; mist; etc visibility unlimited). I asked if there was any way I could just land since flight visibility was unlimited. The tower said; 'land at your own risk' and I accepted; landed; and was told to call approach. They said the official weather was 1/4 mile fog and therefore they couldn't let me land VFR by their rules. I said that either the transmisometer was faulty; or someone forgot to update the weather when the fog bank passed because the airport was completely and totally VFR the whole time during my arrival.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IFR general aviation aircraft noted weather; fog bank; had completely dissipated from the landing airport and requested a visual approach but was denied a clearance by the tower; ATC noting the official weather that had not yet been updated; reporter was finally granted SVFR clearance with; 'land at your own risk'; addendum.
Narrative: While flying into the airport on an IFR flight plan; the ATIS was calling 1/2 mile & RVRs. The weather was old because as I flew closer to the base; I could see the fog bank had moved east of the field and field was CAVU. I called the field in sight and requested visual approach and was denied since Approach only had the old weather. Instead of taking vectors for south of the VFR field; for an ILS; I canceled IFR and contacted Tower. Tower seemed very confused; asking if I could accept 'special VFR;' which I accepted. I was cleared to land. With my gear down and on short final I was told to climb to 3000 FT and contact Approach. Since my gear was down; and I was short final (field was completely VFR -- ceiling unlimited (blue sky); no fog; mist; etc visibility unlimited). I asked if there was any way I could just land since flight visibility was unlimited. The Tower said; 'Land at your own risk' and I accepted; landed; and was told to call Approach. They said the official weather was 1/4 mile fog and therefore they couldn't let me land VFR by their rules. I said that either the transmisometer was faulty; or someone forgot to update the weather when the fog bank passed because the airport was completely and totally VFR the whole time during my arrival.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.