PIC OF GLF2; WHEN INSTRUCTED TO EXTEND DOWNWIND BY OXR TWR; ENCOUNTERS AGRICULTURE BURNING SMOKE; WHICH REDUCED FLT VISIBILITY; AND BRINGS QUESTIONS FROM NTD TRACON ON WHETHER THE ACFT HAS THE CORRECT ARPT IN SIGHT. PIC TALKS WITH NTD ABOUT SIT.

1999-02 · NASA ASRS report 429299

Date: 1999-02 · Aircraft: Gulfstream II (G1159)

Anomalies: flight-deck-cabin-aircraft-event-smoke-fire-fumes-odor|inflight-event-encounter-other-unknown

Synopsis

PIC OF GLF2; WHEN INSTRUCTED TO EXTEND DOWNWIND BY OXR TWR; ENCOUNTERS AGRICULTURE BURNING SMOKE; WHICH REDUCED FLT VISIBILITY; AND BRINGS QUESTIONS FROM NTD TRACON ON WHETHER THE ACFT HAS THE CORRECT ARPT IN SIGHT. PIC TALKS WITH NTD ABOUT SIT.

Narrative

I WAS FLYING AS PIC; ON A GII; LNDG AT OXR. AS WE APCHED FROM THE N; ZLA WAS VERY BUSY AND LEFT US HIGH. WE WERE SWITCHED TO POINT MUGU APCH AT THIS TIME. MUGU HAD US FLY A 160 DEG HDG TO LOSE ALT AND TFC. AT THIS TIME WE WERE 5 MI TO THE SW OF OXR. THEY THEN TURNED US TO A 100 DEG HDG AND ASKED IF WE HAD THE OXR ARPT IN SIGHT. AT THIS TIME WE WERE 5 MI S OF THE ARPT; WHICH WE RPTED TO MUGU APCH. THEY THEN CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 25. AS WE CONTACTED THE TWR; OXR TWR ADVISED US THAT WE MIGHT HAVE TO CONTINUE EBOUND FOR TFC; WHICH WE DID. AT THIS TIME WE WERE 4.5 MI TO THE SE TURNING BASE. THE TWR ADVISED US THAT RADAR HAD CALLED THEM; AND THAT WE WERE 5 MI SE; DO WE HAVE THE CORRECT ARPT IN SIGHT. AS I CONTINUED TO TURN BASE TO FINAL; WE WERE DIRECTLY OVER THE CAMARILLO ARPT AT 2000 FT AND DSNDING; TURNING WBOUND FOR OXR RWY 25. AS WE FINISHED OUR TURN I COULD BARELY PICK UP THE APCH END OF RWY 25 (DUE TO SMOKE FROM FIRES BURNING IN FIELDS ON THE GND). I TRACKED THE LOC AND GS IN AND MADE A NORMAL LNDG. I ESTIMATED THE VISIBILITY E OF OXR TO BE 2-3 MI DUE TO THE SMOKE. TAXIING IN; WE WERE ADVISED TO CALL POINT MUGU APCH; WHICH I DID. I TALKED WITH THE SUPVR. SHE JUST WANTED TO KNOW IF WE HAD THE RIGHT ARPT IN SIGHT. I ADVISED HER THAT WE DID AND THAT OXR TWR WANTED US TO EXTEND OUR DOWNWIND; WHICH SHE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT. I ADVISED HER THE VISIBILITY TO THE E OF OXR WAS 2-3 MI AND ALMOST LOST THE APCH END OF RWY 25. I RECOMMEND THAT ANY TIME OXR IS ON RWY 25; WITH THE FARMERS BURNING THEIR FIELDS; THAT I REQUEST AN ILS RWY 25 INSTEAD OF THE VISUAL. I ASKED IF A NASA FORM WOULD BE IN MY BEST INTEREST; BUT SHE SAID NOT AT ALL. SHE JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE HAD THE CORRECT ARPT. I WOULD RECOMMEND PUTTING A NOTATION ON THE PLATES ABOUT OXR AND CMA ARPTS' ALIGNMENT AND DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER DURING LOW VISIBILITY (BOTH HAVE DISPLACED THRESHOLDS AND ARE CLOSE IN RWY LENGTH.)

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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