A piaggio P180 pilot was unable to determine if his aircraft could legally operate into and out of e...

Attributes
ACN	843915
Time
Date	200907
Place
Locale Reference	EGE.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	P180 Avanti
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 6400 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During preflight preparation; an ege NOTAM restricted category b-ii aircraft from landing at ege. It was determined by the operator that the piaggio P180 was legal to operate in/out of the ege airport based upon an approach speed recommended by the manufacturer. Upon further research; the captain determined that the appropriate reference speed called for by the NOTAM was exceeded by the P180 using 1.3 vso calculation. Later an advisory circular was found describing and listing various aircraft and their designated category/size. Because the advisory circular was dated from 1989; the P180 was not listed nor did it have an official designation. This caused confusion because of the lack of designation of the P180 aircraft. The NOTAM is ambiguous and difficult to decipher the intent. The NOTAM system could be changed to use plain language dissemination.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Piaggio P180 pilot was unable to determine if his aircraft could legally operate into and out of EGE because the airspeed restricting approach and landing NOTAM references an advisory circular dated twenty years prior.

Narrative: During preflight preparation; an EGE NOTAM restricted category B-II aircraft from landing at EGE. It was determined by the operator that the Piaggio P180 was legal to operate in/out of the EGE airport based upon an approach speed recommended by the manufacturer. Upon further research; the Captain determined that the appropriate reference speed called for by the NOTAM was exceeded by the P180 using 1.3 Vso calculation. Later an advisory circular was found describing and listing various aircraft and their designated category/size. Because the advisory circular was dated from 1989; the P180 was not listed nor did it have an official designation. This caused confusion because of the lack of designation of the P180 aircraft. The NOTAM is ambiguous and difficult to decipher the intent. The NOTAM system could be changed to use plain language dissemination.

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.

A piaggio P180 pilot was unable to determine if his aircraft could legally operate into and out of ege because the airspeed restricting approach and landing NOTAM references an advisory circular dated twenty years prior.