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After being cleared for a visual approach reporter aircraft encountered IMC. Flight was vectored while in IMC and then recleared for visual when in VMC.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 105680 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198902 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sfo |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5800 msl bound upper : 5800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : oak tower : sfo |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 45 flight time total : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 105680 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : vfr in imc other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Operational Deviation |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
We were being vectored (2/sun/89 at xa local) for the sfo quiet bridge approach. Advised of parallel traffic on sfo tipp toe visual. Spotted traffic. Went IMC at approximately 5800'. Advised approach, approach told us to contact tower. Tower cleared us for visual. The captain rejected clearance due to IMC. Tower cleared parallel traffic for approach and landing and gave us a vector. When we went VMC we were reclred for visual and landing sfo 28R. There was an obvious lack of communication with tower and approach controller, or the approach controller did not hear us when we advised IMC. This made an unsafe procedure hazardous.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AFTER BEING CLEARED FOR A VISUAL APCH REPORTER ACFT ENCOUNTERED IMC. FLT WAS VECTORED WHILE IN IMC AND THEN RECLEARED FOR VISUAL WHEN IN VMC.
Narrative: WE WERE BEING VECTORED (2/SUN/89 AT XA LCL) FOR THE SFO QUIET BRIDGE APCH. ADVISED OF PARALLEL TFC ON SFO TIPP TOE VISUAL. SPOTTED TFC. WENT IMC AT APPROX 5800'. ADVISED APCH, APCH TOLD US TO CONTACT TWR. TWR CLRED US FOR VISUAL. THE CAPT REJECTED CLRNC DUE TO IMC. TWR CLRED PARALLEL TFC FOR APCH AND LNDG AND GAVE US A VECTOR. WHEN WE WENT VMC WE WERE RECLRED FOR VISUAL AND LNDG SFO 28R. THERE WAS AN OBVIOUS LACK OF COM WITH TWR AND APCH CTLR, OR THE APCH CTLR DID NOT HEAR US WHEN WE ADVISED IMC. THIS MADE AN UNSAFE PROC HAZARDOUS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.