B737 crew landed using prevailing visibility.

Attributes
ACN	423083
Time
Date	199812
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : otz
State Reference	AK
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 7000
ASRS Report	423083
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Executed runway 8 ILS at otz airport using prevailing visibility of 3/4 mi, failed to ask RVR values. Otz FSS did not offer RVR values. FSS should offer RVR and I need to pay more attention. Landed normally. I do not know what the RVR value was.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 CREW LANDED USING PREVAILING VISIBILITY.

Narrative: EXECUTED RWY 8 ILS AT OTZ ARPT USING PREVAILING VISIBILITY OF 3/4 MI, FAILED TO ASK RVR VALUES. OTZ FSS DID NOT OFFER RVR VALUES. FSS SHOULD OFFER RVR AND I NEED TO PAY MORE ATTN. LANDED NORMALLY. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THE RVR VALUE WAS.

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.