An md-82 captain believed a las TRACON clearance to intercept the granpa RNAV STAR at trrop; cleared...

Narrative:

Planned TYSSN3 arrival in las; ATC cleared us to descend via TYSSN3 RNAV arrival. At kaddy; after starting a descent to 10;000 ft; ATC cleared us to maintain 12;000 ft and to contact las approach. Approach gave us a vector at tyssn and informed us that we would fly the GRNPA1 RNAV arrival. After several vectors and descend to 8;000 ft we were cleared direct to trrop at 5;200 ft at 210 KTS; first point for us on the arrival. After that clearance we were cleared to 'intercept the 19R RNAV approach off of the GRNPA1 arrival.' there are no points on the GRNPA1 arrival that are on the 19R RNAV approach. The last point on the GRNPA1 arrival is lemnz and you must fly through the final approach inside the FAF to get to it. I think this is an illegal clearance. We were told by approach to contact las tower. We asked las tower about the clearance and were recleared the visual approach to 19L. The landing was uneventful. After landing I called the las approach control supervisor and was told that was a legal clearance for the 19R RNAV visual approach. I could not find any information on a 19R RNAV visual approach.remake the GRNPA1 arrival to have a longer transition to the 19 runways or delete it. Both 19R and 19L RNAV arrivals have the exact same points up to the FAF. The map points are the only differences in the approach. Possible problems in the future of having the wrong approach loaded in the GPS and landing on the wrong runway.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An MD-82 Captain believed a LAS TRACON clearance to intercept the GRANPA RNAV STAR at TRROP; cleared for the RNAV 19R approach was illegal.

Narrative: Planned TYSSN3 arrival in LAS; ATC cleared us to descend via TYSSN3 RNAV arrival. At KADDY; after starting a descent to 10;000 FT; ATC cleared us to maintain 12;000 FT and to contact LAS Approach. Approach gave us a vector at TYSSN and informed us that we would fly the GRNPA1 RNAV arrival. After several vectors and descend to 8;000 FT we were cleared direct to TRROP at 5;200 FT at 210 KTS; first point for us on the arrival. After that clearance we were cleared to 'intercept the 19R RNAV approach off of the GRNPA1 arrival.' There are NO points on the GRNPA1 arrival that are on the 19R RNAV approach. The last point on the GRNPA1 arrival is LEMNZ and you must fly through the final approach inside the FAF to get to it. I think this is an illegal clearance. We were told by Approach to contact LAS Tower. We asked LAS Tower about the clearance and were recleared the visual approach to 19L. The landing was uneventful. After landing I called the LAS Approach Control Supervisor and was told that was a legal clearance for the 19R RNAV visual approach. I could not find any information on a 19R RNAV visual approach.Remake the GRNPA1 arrival to have a longer transition to the 19 runways or delete it. Both 19R and 19L RNAV arrivals have the exact same points up to the FAF. The MAP points are the only differences in the approach. Possible problems in the future of having the wrong approach loaded in the GPS and landing on the wrong runway.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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	1035852
Time
Date	201209
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	MD-82
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	STAR GRNPA
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

An md-82 captain believed a las TRACON clearance to intercept the granpa RNAV STAR at trrop; cleared for the RNAV 19R approach was illegal.