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A B737 captain reported that a company briefing publication told him to expect a visual clearance to turn final for runway 10 outside rubin. However; rubin is not described on any approach materials although it is a fix on the pbi 277 at 6.6 DME.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 953966 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PBI.Airport |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Next Generation Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aero Charts |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 182 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
On the pbi [commercial chart] page; arrival number one states; 'runway 10 arrivals can expect to hear 'cleared for the visual turn final outside of rubin. Rubin is OM for runway 10'.' the problem is there is no 'rubin.' our clearance for the visual approach to runway 10 was; 'cleared visual runway 10. Turn final outside the shoreline.'
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 Captain reported that a Company briefing publication told him to expect a visual clearance to turn final for Runway 10 outside RUBIN. However; RUBIN is not described on any approach materials although it is a fix on the PBI 277 at 6.6 DME.
Narrative: On the PBI [commercial chart] page; arrival number one states; 'Runway 10 arrivals can expect to hear 'cleared for the visual turn final outside of RUBIN. RUBIN is OM for Runway 10'.' The problem is there is no 'RUBIN.' Our clearance for the visual approach to Runway 10 was; 'Cleared visual Runway 10. Turn final outside the shoreline.'
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.