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Non precision approach reporter has difficulty finding runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 106556 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198903 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : 14g |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : tdo |
| Operator | general aviation : corporate |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 90 flight time total : 2225 flight time type : 35 |
| ASRS Report | 106556 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
14G (fremont, oh) airport has a VOR approach, airport is 20 or so miles from VOR. Airport can be extremely hard to spot on the approach due to narrow runway and nearby highway pattern. I had to look really hard to find airport. Would suggest a notation on approach plate showing direction of airport from town or nearby highway, something to help show where runway is.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: NON PRECISION APCH REPORTER HAS DIFFICULTY FINDING RWY.
Narrative: 14G (FREMONT, OH) ARPT HAS A VOR APCH, ARPT IS 20 OR SO MILES FROM VOR. ARPT CAN BE EXTREMELY HARD TO SPOT ON THE APCH DUE TO NARROW RWY AND NEARBY HIGHWAY PATTERN. I HAD TO LOOK REALLY HARD TO FIND ARPT. WOULD SUGGEST A NOTATION ON APCH PLATE SHOWING DIRECTION OF ARPT FROM TOWN OR NEARBY HIGHWAY, SOMETHING TO HELP SHOW WHERE RWY IS.
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.