LJ55 PIC; AFTER CONDUCTING AN ILS RWY 26L APCH TO POC ARPT; DISCOVERS THAT CATEGORY C AND CATEGORY D ACFT DO NOT HAVE PUBLISHED LNDG MINIMA. RPTR QUESTIONS IF THERE IS AN FAR VIOLATION.

Date: 2002-10 · Aircraft: Learjet 55 · Phase: approach

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-lndg-minina-authorization

Synopsis

LJ55 PIC; AFTER CONDUCTING AN ILS RWY 26L APCH TO POC ARPT; DISCOVERS THAT CATEGORY C AND CATEGORY D ACFT DO NOT HAVE PUBLISHED LNDG MINIMA. RPTR QUESTIONS IF THERE IS AN FAR VIOLATION.

Narrative

DURING PART 135 CHK RIDE; I REALIZED THAT BRACKETT (POC) ILS WAS APPROVED FOR ONLY A & B ACFT. IN VISUAL CONDITIONS; WE ACCEPTED AN ILS APCH CLRNC TO POC AND SHOT THE APCH. ATC AND TWR WERE BOTH AWARE OF MISSED APCH ONLY DESIRED BY FLC. WE ARE UNCERTAIN IF ANY RULES WERE BROKEN. THERE WERE NO CONFLICTS OR QUESTIONS BY ATC OR TWR. I AM REQUESTING CLARIFICATION FROM LCL FSDO. CAN A CATEGORY C ACFT ACCEPT CLRNC TO AN APCH WHEN ONLY A & B ACFT HAVE LNDG MINIMUMS? DO VISUAL CONDITIONS CHANGE APCH CRITERIA? WE DID NOT ADVISE ARPT IN SIGHT AND REQUESTED VISUAL APCH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR HAS NOT RECEIVED DIRECTION OR INTERP FROM FAA OR COMPANY. RPTR QUESTIONS WHETHER APCH IS AUTH TO ISSUE THE APCH CLRNC FOR HIS TYPE ACFT; OR IF ISSUED AN APCH CLRNC; WX TWR IS AUTH TO ISSUE A LNDG CLRNC. SUPPLEMENTAL CALLBACK CONVERSATION REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: FSDO INSPECTOR FAMILIAR WITH POC OPS ADVISED THAT CATEGORY C AND CATEGORY D LNDG MINIMA IS 'NOT APPLICABLE' BECAUSE OF RESTR TWR OPERATING HRS; RWY LENGTH RESTRS; AND ILS COMPONENT INTERFERENCE; CAUSED BY A LCL PUBLIC ACTIVITY -- POC DRAG STRIP. INSTEAD OF PUBLISHING AN ILS OPERATING RESTR; THE FAA DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT A 'NOT APPLICABLE' FOR CATEGORY C AND CATEGORY D ACFT. THE ARPT HAS HAD A FEW ACCIDENTS WITH THIS CATEGORY ACFT AT THIS ARPT IN THE PAST.

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