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An A320 PIC report regarding whether the contact approach requested by the flight crew and approved by the tower was a legal operation at bzn, mt.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 537541 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200202 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : bzn.vor |
| State Reference | MT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 12000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc.artcc tower : bzn.tower tower : rap.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 12 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision approach : contact enroute airway : v86.airway |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 160 |
| ASRS Report | 537541 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Chart Or Publication Airspace Structure ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
We were on an IFR flight plan descending into bzn. We were level at 12000 ft MSL. ZLC cleared us for an ILS runway 12 approach. I asked the first officer to request a contact approach, since we could be able to pick up the airport once we started our descent. The winds were favoring the visual approach to runway 30. Before he asked center for the contact approach, we were switched over to bozeman tower. The first officer then requested a contact approach. The tower seemed puzzled of our request, but didn't deny it. So we descended in VMC and picked up runway 30 and landed. I wondered later if an ATC tower could issue a contact approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN A320 PIC RPT REGARDING WHETHER THE CONTACT APCH REQUESTED BY THE FLC AND APPROVED BY THE TWR WAS A LEGAL OP AT BZN, MT.
Narrative: WE WERE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN DSNDING INTO BZN. WE WERE LEVEL AT 12000 FT MSL. ZLC CLRED US FOR AN ILS RWY 12 APCH. I ASKED THE FO TO REQUEST A CONTACT APCH, SINCE WE COULD BE ABLE TO PICK UP THE ARPT ONCE WE STARTED OUR DSCNT. THE WINDS WERE FAVORING THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 30. BEFORE HE ASKED CTR FOR THE CONTACT APCH, WE WERE SWITCHED OVER TO BOZEMAN TWR. THE FO THEN REQUESTED A CONTACT APCH. THE TWR SEEMED PUZZLED OF OUR REQUEST, BUT DIDN'T DENY IT. SO WE DSNDED IN VMC AND PICKED UP RWY 30 AND LANDED. I WONDERED LATER IF AN ATC TWR COULD ISSUE A CONTACT 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.