A CARGO PLT IS CONCERNED THAT HE MAY HAVE MADE AN APCH AND LNDG WHILE CMH WAS BELOW MINIMUMS.

Date: 2003-06 · Aircraft: PA-31 Navajo/Chieftan/Mojave/T1040 · Phase: approach

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence

Synopsis

A CARGO PLT IS CONCERNED THAT HE MAY HAVE MADE AN APCH AND LNDG WHILE CMH WAS BELOW MINIMUMS.

Narrative

THIS EVENING'S ATIS WASN'T AVAILABLE UNTIL LESS THAN 60 NM OUT FROM THE ARPT AND I EVEN SWITCHED RADIOS TO FIND THE SAME OCCURRENCE ON BOTH. LAST ATIS FOR CMH SAID 1/2 SM AS EXPECTED; 2400 FT RVR WAS REQUIRED. LAST CALL OVER THE RADIO WAS 2600 FT RVR. 60 NM FROM THE ARPT; OR ABOUT 20 MINS OUT; I BEGAN APCH REVIEW. IT WAS CLOSE TO THE TOP OF THE HR AND I KNEW THE ATIS WOULD BE CHANGING BUT I WAS ALREADY IN APCH PHASE OF FLT. SINCE I HADN'T HEARD COMPANY ON MY SECOND RADIO SINCE CHKING ATIS; I STARTED INVESTIGATING AND FOUND THE MIKE STUCK ON; WHICH HAD BEEN RPTED ALSO BY APCH CTLR. MY RTE TOOK ME FROM BUF DIRECT TO CMH ON ABOUT A 240 DEG HDG WHICH SETS ME UP FOR RWY 28R WHICH DOESN'T HAVE RVR; SO EVERYONE WAS LNDG RWY 28L WHICH DOES. THERE WERE SOME HEADINGS AND INTERCEPTS GIVEN FOR RWY 28L; ONCE; THEN BROUGHT BACK ACROSS TO RE-INTERCEPT AND DSND TO 2700 FT THE ALT FOR THE APCH BEFORE GS INTERCEPT THEN TOLD TO CONTACT TWR. ON ROLLOUT FROM THE INTERCEPT I WAS 1 MI PRIOR TO FAF; APCH FLAPS WERE EXTENDED WHICH STILL CATCHES ME WITH A SLIGHT CLB WHERE I CAUGHT THE GS THEN CONTACTED TWR. TWR ANNOUNCED 'CLR TO LAND WITH RVR 2000 FT.' I HAD TO THINK FOR A SECOND; THAT 2400 FT WAS REQUIRED BUT I WAS ALREADY AT THE FAF DSNDING FOR THE ARPT. THIS IS ACCEPTABLE AND CONTINUED WITH LIGHTING IN SIGHT THEN ARPT THEREAFTER; MORE THAN 1/2 THE RWY WAS VISIBLE THROUGHOUT THE LNDG AS I COULD SEE PAST CZ EXIT 1/2 WAY DOWN THE 10250 FT RWY BEFORE TOUCHDOWN. MY CONCERN; AND WHY I SUBMITTED THIS RPT; IS THAT I MIGHT HAVE MISSED A CALL FOR BELOW MINIMUMS RVR BEFORE LNDG FROM THE APCH CTLR. I ALSO HAVE CONCERN THAT I MAY HAVE RECEIVED A BELOW MINIMUMS RVR CALL WITHOUT NOTING IT PRIOR TO FAF. I DID KNOW THAT ATIS HAD BEEN CHANGED. I WASN'T ABLE TO DISCERN THE INFO THROUGH THE LOUD STATIC. I ENDED UP TURNING DOWN THE SECOND RADIO AS I HAD MISSED A CALL FROM ATC ALREADY. A MAJOR ERROR WAS SPENDING TIME ON A SECOND RADIO TRYING TO PICK UP ATIS DURING A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT. I SHOULD HAVE SIMPLY ASKED.

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