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| Attributes | |
| ACN | 211050 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199205 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hpb |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other landing other |
| Route In Use | arrival other enroute airway : hpb |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 211050 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| 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:
Automated WX station at hooper bay gave conflicting and varying reports. However, the WX was IFR. Exactly at the runway as I landed VFR, according to AWOS. Since the WX data may or may not been official, I may have violated basic VFR WX mins.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ATX PLT IN AK LANDED AT AN UNCTLED ARPT BELOW IFR MINS ON A VFR FLT PLAN.
Narrative: AUTOMATED WX STATION AT HOOPER BAY GAVE CONFLICTING AND VARYING RPTS. HOWEVER, THE WX WAS IFR. EXACTLY AT THE RWY AS I LANDED VFR, ACCORDING TO AWOS. SINCE THE WX DATA MAY OR MAY NOT BEEN OFFICIAL, I MAY HAVE VIOLATED BASIC VFR WX MINS.
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.