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During marginal flight conditions a commuter pilot in a PA31 questions the legality of VFR flight through the zan airspace of enn, ak.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 510010 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewn.airport |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | PA-31 Navajo Chieftan/Mojave/Navajo T1020 |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Flight Phase | cruise : level |
| Route In Use | enroute : direct |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 60 |
| ASRS Report | 510010 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : vfr in imc inflight encounter : weather |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance ATC Facility |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
In MVFR (visibility estimated to be 3 mi at 3500 ft). Nenana airport AWOS reporting visibility 2 mi at the surface. I contacted zan for flight following and a special clearance through nenana class east airspace. Zan replied I needed no such clearance, and on their advice entered the airspace at nenana then after a few mins, zan handed me off to fai approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DURING MARGINAL FLT CONDITIONS A COMMUTER PLT IN A PA31 QUESTIONS THE LEGALITY OF VFR FLT THROUGH THE ZAN AIRSPACE OF ENN, AK.
Narrative: IN MVFR (VISIBILITY ESTIMATED TO BE 3 MI AT 3500 FT). NENANA ARPT AWOS RPTING VISIBILITY 2 MI AT THE SURFACE. I CONTACTED ZAN FOR FLT FOLLOWING AND A SPECIAL CLRNC THROUGH NENANA CLASS E AIRSPACE. ZAN REPLIED I NEEDED NO SUCH CLRNC, AND ON THEIR ADVICE ENTERED THE AIRSPACE AT NENANA THEN AFTER A FEW MINS, ZAN HANDED ME OFF TO FAI 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.