Narrative:

We were heading to new smyrna beach (evb) on an IFR flight plan. We listened to ATIS and the ATIS information stated winds calm; sky clear and 10 SM visibility. We requested a GPS approach for runway 29 in new smyrna beach from daytona beach approach. We got clearance to shoot the approach and we were being vectored to the final approach fix. A few minutes later; daytona approach informed us that an aircraft had executed a missed approach in new smyrna. After that daytona approach gave us a heading to intercept the final approach; which we couldn't intercept; and later on we were advised by new smyrna tower to intercept the final approach course; so we had to do abrupt maneuvers to intercept the final course. Furthermore; new smyrna tower asked us whether the runway lights were visible when we were about 5 miles final for runway 29. We reported to the tower that we had the runway lights in sight. Moreover; we had the approach lights in sight as well; so we did the approach descended to 100 ft and got the runway in sight and landed. Once we landed we were told to exit via taxiway bravo to the ramp. We kept rolling to the end of the runway looking for taxiway bravo; but we were unable to see taxiway bravo; because the visibility was approximately 100 ft. We took the wrong taxiway on the left and we waited until the other traffic landed. Finally; we had the arriving traffic in sight; and we were told to follow that traffic to the ramp by the tower.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C172 pilot reports landing after a night GPS approach to Runway 29 at EVB to find greatly reduced visibility. Difficulty is encountered finding Taxiway B as cleared even though ATIS visibility was reported as 10 miles.

Narrative: We were heading to New Smyrna Beach (EVB) on an IFR flight plan. We listened to ATIS and the ATIS information stated winds calm; sky clear and 10 SM visibility. We requested a GPS approach for Runway 29 in New Smyrna Beach from Daytona Beach approach. We got clearance to shoot the approach and we were being vectored to the final approach fix. A few minutes later; Daytona Approach informed us that an aircraft had executed a missed approach in New Smyrna. After that Daytona Approach gave us a heading to intercept the final approach; which we couldn't intercept; and later on we were advised by New Smyrna Tower to intercept the final approach course; so we had to do abrupt maneuvers to intercept the final course. Furthermore; New Smyrna Tower asked us whether the runway lights were visible when we were about 5 miles final for Runway 29. We reported to the Tower that we had the runway lights in sight. Moreover; we had the approach lights in sight as well; so we did the approach descended to 100 FT and got the runway in sight and landed. Once we landed we were told to exit via Taxiway Bravo to the ramp. We kept rolling to the end of the runway looking for Taxiway Bravo; but we were unable to see Taxiway Bravo; because the visibility was approximately 100 FT. We took the wrong Taxiway on the left and we waited until the other traffic landed. Finally; we had the arriving traffic in sight; and we were told to follow that traffic to the ramp by the Tower.

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.