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Pilot of an sel small aircraft descended VFR over the airport through a cloud layer to make a visual approach and landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 440771 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199906 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sln.airport |
| State Reference | KS |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1900 msl bound upper : 3000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : sln.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, Low Wing, 1 Eng, Retractable Gear |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : vacating altitude |
| Route In Use | approach : circling approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time total : 2800 |
| ASRS Report | 440771 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | other |
| Function | controller : local |
| Qualification | controller : non radar |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather inflight encounter : vfr in imc non adherence : far |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Weather |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
With ZKC at 3000 ft over broken clouds. Reported spotting field through opening. Center cleared me for approach, switched to tower. By then I had flown past opening, was cleared to land on runway 17. I descended and broke out near end of runway 35. Notified tower that I was proceeding to crosswind runway 17 and then left downwind runway 17. Tower asked me to phone them on the ground for a discussion. In retrospect, I should have requested an instrument approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT OF AN SEL SMA DSNDED VFR OVER THE ARPT THROUGH A CLOUD LAYER TO MAKE A VISUAL APCH AND LNDG.
Narrative: WITH ZKC AT 3000 FT OVER BROKEN CLOUDS. RPTED SPOTTING FIELD THROUGH OPENING. CTR CLRED ME FOR APCH, SWITCHED TO TWR. BY THEN I HAD FLOWN PAST OPENING, WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 17. I DSNDED AND BROKE OUT NEAR END OF RWY 35. NOTIFIED TWR THAT I WAS PROCEEDING TO XWIND RWY 17 AND THEN L DOWNWIND RWY 17. TWR ASKED ME TO PHONE THEM ON THE GND FOR A DISCUSSION. IN RETROSPECT, I SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED AN INST APCH.
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.