RPTR PERCEIVES ANOTHER ACFT DSNDED THROUGH CLOUDS IN CTL ZONE VFR.
Synopsis
RPTR PERCEIVES ANOTHER ACFT DSNDED THROUGH CLOUDS IN CTL ZONE VFR.
Narrative
AT ABOUT XA45 ON JUL/XA/95; I WAS TURNED INBOUND ON THE ILS RWY 04 APCH INTO RWI. AS WE INTERCEPTED THE LOC INBOUND ABOUT 2 MI OUTSIDE JAMBE INTXN; ZDC CALLED VFR TFC LESS THAN 500 FT ABOVE US AND GOING THE SAME DIRECTION. THE R SEAT PLT SAW THE TFC FIRST; THEN I ALSO SAW HIM. WE WATCHED HIM DSND RAPIDLY AHEAD OF US; APPARENTLY ON THE LOC; AND WE SAW HIM DSND INTO THE CLOUDS BELOW US. I CONFIRMED THAT THIS WAS THE TFC CTR HAD CALLED ON OUR TCASII. WE SWITCHED TO ROCKY MOUNT RADIO AND CONTINUED OUR APCH. WE RPTED 4.8 MI OUT INBOUND; THEN A BARON CALLED DOWNWIND FOR RWY. WE BROKE OUT AT ABOUT 800 FT WITH LOWER SCUD OVER THE ARPT AND LANDED. THE BARON LANDED BEHIND US. AFTER LNDG I SPOKE TO THE PLT OF THE BARON. WHEN I TOLD HIM THAT HIS DSCNT INTO CLOUDS VFR WAS ILLEGAL AS WELL AS UNSAFE; HE BECAME INDIGNANT AND STATED THAT HE HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG. I CALLED CTR TO DISCUSS THE EVENT WITH THEM AS THEY HAD REQUESTED; AND I CALLED WINSTON-SALEM FSDO AND SPOKE TO FSDO REPRESENTATIVE ABOUT THIS. I HAVE ATTACHED A COPY OF THE STATEMENT I SENT HIM. I HAVE 2 MAJOR CONCERNS ABOUT THIS EVENT. 1ST; THE PLT OF THE BARON APPARENTLY DOES NOT KNOW THE REGS REGARDING FLYING IN CLOUDS AND HIS ATTITUDE TOLD ME THAT HE REALLY DOESN'T CARE THAT HE OPERATES IN A MANNER THAT IS BOTH UNSAFE AND ILLEGAL. 2ND; I THINK THAT PART OF THE REASON THIS SIT DEVELOPED IS THAT THE PERSONNEL AT ROCKY MOUNT RADIO DO NOT UPDATE THEIR WX TO MATCH CHANGING SITS; BUT MERELY RPT THE LAST HRLY OBSERVATION WITHOUT CHKING TO SEE IF THERE HAS BEEN ANY CHANGE. THEY WERE RPTING 500 FT SCATTERED; 15000 FT SCATTERED; 25000 FT BROKEN AND 5 MI IN FOG WHEN WE MADE OUR APCH. HOWEVER; WE DSNDED INTO A FAIRLY SOLID DECK JUST BELOW 2000 FT AND BROKE OUT OF THE BOTTOM AT ABOUT 800 FT. THE FIELD WAS ACTUALLY IFR; BUT THEY HAD NOT REVISED THEIR OBSERVATION TO MATCH THE ACTUAL WX.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.