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B737 flight crew reports deviating for weather during the sunst 3 arrival to las without properly informing ATC of the magnitude of the deviation and the fact that they had the terrain in sight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1186443 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201407 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAS.Airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 179 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 205 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
On arrival in to las there was a thunderstorm with virga and potential hail on the course near fuzzy. The controller issued a descent to 11;000 ft. As we were descending we saw the need to deviate due to the downdraft; rain and possible hail while we were in VMC conditions and with the terrain in sight. Our radio transmission failed to let the controller know we had the terrain in sight; which alarmed him. We were asked to contact the approach supervisor on the radio. We apologized for not having told him we had the terrain in sight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reports deviating for weather during the SUNST 3 arrival to LAS without properly informing ATC of the magnitude of the deviation and the fact that they had the terrain in sight.
Narrative: On arrival in to LAS there was a thunderstorm with virga and potential hail on the course near FUZZY. The Controller issued a descent to 11;000 FT. As we were descending we saw the need to deviate due to the downdraft; rain and possible hail while we were in VMC conditions and with the terrain in sight. Our radio transmission failed to let the Controller know we had the terrain in sight; which alarmed him. We were asked to contact the Approach Supervisor on the radio. We apologized for not having told him we had the terrain in sight.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.