ZLC supervisor described a confused visual approach event involving traffic inbound to hvr; noting t...

Narrative:

I received a call from prescott FSS indicating they had a cancellation on aircraft X at hvr and they informed me that the airport was closed. I went down to the controller on R19 and asked them what happened. The controller said he gave the aircraft the weather at hvr and asked if he had the NOTAMS; the pilot replied 'I have the current NOTAMS and weather for hvr'. Four minutes later the aircraft reported hvr in sight and the controller cleared him for a visual approach to hvr. The controller told me after that he did not verify the NOTAMS after the pilot said he had the current NOTAMS and weather. I listened to the tapes after and verified what the controller told me and the pilot did say he had current NOTAMS and weather. My expectation is all controllers give complete recorded briefings and they are responsible for issuing NOTAMS especially pertinent NOTAMS like closed or unsafe runway conditions; not just verifying the pilot as the NOTAMS. A recommendation may be to have an right & I or hot sheet review expectations on NOTAMS and position recorded briefings.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ZLC Supervisor described a confused Visual Approach event involving traffic inbound to HVR; noting the clearance was issued after the airport was NOTAMED closed; adding local procedures were not followed.

Narrative: I received a call from Prescott FSS indicating they had a cancellation on Aircraft X at HVR and they informed me that the airport was closed. I went down to the controller on R19 and asked them what happened. The controller said he gave the aircraft the weather at HVR and asked if he had the NOTAMS; the pilot replied 'I have the current NOTAMS and weather for HVR'. Four minutes later the aircraft reported HVR in sight and the controller cleared him for a visual approach to HVR. The controller told me after that he did not verify the NOTAMS after the pilot said he had the current NOTAMS and weather. I listened to the tapes after and verified what the controller told me and the pilot did say he had current NOTAMS and weather. My expectation is all controllers give complete recorded briefings and they are responsible for issuing NOTAMS especially pertinent NOTAMS like closed or unsafe runway conditions; not just verifying the pilot as the NOTAMS. A recommendation may be to have an R & I or hot sheet review expectations on NOTAMS and position recorded briefings.

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.

Attributes
ACN	920570
Time
Date	201011
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZLC.ARTCC
State Reference	UT
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Supervisor / CIC
Person 2
Function	Supervisor / CIC
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

ZLC supervisor described a confused visual approach event involving traffic inbound to hvr; noting the clearance was issued after the airport was notamed closed; adding local procedures were not followed.