General aviation pilot reported landing visually at visibility with visibility reported as 1 and 3/4...

Narrative:

I departed and received flight following VFR to visalia. Approximately 10 miles from visalia; flight following was terminated and I received the latest weather from visalia. Visibility was reported 1 3/4 mile. I was confused with class G airspace and thought VFR visibility requirements were 1 mile; so I assumed I was clear to begin my approach. I made calls on the CTAF of 10 miles; 5 miles out and 2 miles out hearing nothing back from local traffic. Once I announced I was overflying the field and entering on a right crosswind for runway 30; a pilot on the ground informed me that the 'field was IFR and that I was holding things up; but go ahead and land anyway.' I did not know if this pilot's statements were true and did not want to engage in any argument in such a critical phase of flight. I was also a bit shaken up by the aggressiveness of this pilot's tone and just wanted to get on the ground and out of his way. I had good visibility; so I continued the approach and landed safely. After landing; the pilot informed me that fresno approach wanted to talk to me and gave me a phone number.I have since checked airspace visibility requirements and verified that 3 SM is required in class east airspace; which is active in visalia 1400-0800Z. I also wrongly assumed that foreflight; which was telling me 'marginal VFR' at visalia; was aware of visibility requirements. I am aware of the deviation and have learned an important lesson about visibility requirements.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: General aviation pilot reported landing visually at VIS with visibility reported as 1 and 3/4 miles and is informed by a pilot on the ground that the field is IFR.

Narrative: I departed and received flight following VFR to Visalia. Approximately 10 miles from Visalia; flight following was terminated and I received the latest weather from Visalia. Visibility was reported 1 3/4 mile. I was confused with class G airspace and thought VFR visibility requirements were 1 mile; so I assumed I was clear to begin my approach. I made calls on the CTAF of 10 miles; 5 miles out and 2 miles out hearing nothing back from local traffic. Once I announced I was overflying the field and entering on a right crosswind for runway 30; a pilot on the ground informed me that the 'field was IFR and that I was holding things up; but go ahead and land anyway.' I did not know if this pilot's statements were true and did not want to engage in any argument in such a critical phase of flight. I was also a bit shaken up by the aggressiveness of this pilot's tone and just wanted to get on the ground and out of his way. I had good visibility; so I continued the approach and landed safely. After landing; the pilot informed me that Fresno approach wanted to talk to me and gave me a phone number.I have since checked airspace visibility requirements and verified that 3 SM is required in Class E airspace; which is active in Visalia 1400-0800Z. I also wrongly assumed that ForeFlight; which was telling me 'Marginal VFR' at Visalia; was aware of visibility requirements. I am aware of the deviation and have learned an important lesson about visibility requirements.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1310045
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	VIS.Airport
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	Marginal
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft High Wing 1 Eng Fixed Gear
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot
Qualification	Flight Crew Private
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 1 Flight Crew Total 91 Flight Crew Type 28
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter VFR In IMC Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

General aviation pilot reported landing visually at visibility with visibility reported as 1 and 3/4 miles and is informed by a pilot on the ground that the field is IFR.