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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 203720 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199203 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gcn |
| State Reference | AZ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 546 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zla |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Transport, Low Wing, 2 Recip Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 108 flight time total : 2034 flight time type : 87 |
| ASRS Report | 203720 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : overshoot non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Approach: ILS DME runway 3 grand canyon national park airport. Conditions: light icing, blowing snow. As copilot I made calls at '1000 ft, 500 ft, 200 ft to go' and decision height. I then called 'missed approach.' I repeated 'we're at missed approach.' I then said that we were below our decision height. Captain refused to execute missed approach procedure but elected instead to descend an additional 100 ft below decision height (approximately 45-50 ft AGL). At this time he recognized a light and landed. Forward visibility was approximately 1/4 mi. ATIS at the time was reporting 200 ft and 1/2 mi.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ATX PIC MAKES APCH LNDG WHEN ARPT WX BELOW MINS.
Narrative: APCH: ILS DME RWY 3 GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK ARPT. CONDITIONS: LIGHT ICING, BLOWING SNOW. AS COPLT I MADE CALLS AT '1000 FT, 500 FT, 200 FT TO GO' AND DECISION HEIGHT. I THEN CALLED 'MISSED APCH.' I REPEATED 'WE'RE AT MISSED APCH.' I THEN SAID THAT WE WERE BELOW OUR DECISION HEIGHT. CAPT REFUSED TO EXECUTE MISSED APCH PROC BUT ELECTED INSTEAD TO DSND AN ADDITIONAL 100 FT BELOW DECISION HEIGHT (APPROX 45-50 FT AGL). AT THIS TIME HE RECOGNIZED A LIGHT AND LANDED. FORWARD VISIBILITY WAS APPROX 1/4 MI. ATIS AT THE TIME WAS RPTING 200 FT AND 1/2 MI.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.