<< >> NASA ASRS Report 398217, April 1998

Flight crew of large transport cargo aircraft notes confusion between tower visibility and reported visibility causing a possible misinterp of minimums.

Attributes
ACN	398217
Time
Date	199804
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : jan
State Reference	MS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 2600 agl bound upper : 2600
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zme tower : bfi
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 350
ASRS Report	398217
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 9700 flight time type : 70
ASRS Report	398330
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Possible confusion between tower visibility and reported visibility. Causing a possible misinterp of approach plate notes.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF LGT CARGO ACFT NOTES CONFUSION BTWN TWR VISIBILITY AND RPTED VISIBILITY CAUSING A POSSIBLE MISINTERP OF MINIMUMS.

Narrative: POSSIBLE CONFUSION BTWN TWR VISIBILITY AND RPTED VISIBILITY. CAUSING A POSSIBLE MISINTERP OF APCH PLATE NOTES.

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.