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Pilot complaint about changes in NOAA sectional charts, resulting in the deletion of airport information for areas covered by a TCA chart.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 80986 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198802 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | Other |
| Function | flight crew : single pilot |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : commercial |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 80986 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Chart Or Publication |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
NOAA's issuance of sectionals with vital airport information deleted in areas for which there are terminal area charts. VFR access to TCA should require a TCA chart but one can remain clear with a sectional. To do this with no widespread notice to pilots, instrs, FBO's is borderline criminal.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT COMPLAINT ABOUT CHANGES IN NOAA SECTIONAL CHARTS, RESULTING IN THE DELETION OF ARPT INFORMATION FOR AREAS COVERED BY A TCA CHART.
Narrative: NOAA'S ISSUANCE OF SECTIONALS WITH VITAL ARPT INFO DELETED IN AREAS FOR WHICH THERE ARE TERMINAL AREA CHARTS. VFR ACCESS TO TCA SHOULD REQUIRE A TCA CHART BUT ONE CAN REMAIN CLEAR WITH A SECTIONAL. TO DO THIS WITH NO WIDESPREAD NOTICE TO PLTS, INSTRS, FBO'S IS BORDERLINE CRIMINAL.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.