AN HS125 PLT DESCRIBES AN UNCHARTED CELL TWR ON THE VOR-A APCH TO PVE.

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PVE IS A NEW ARPT NAMED BEECH RIVER REGIONAL INDEXED AS LEXINGTON-PARSON; TN. THIS ARPT OPENED MAY 2006. THE VOR APCH OFF OF JKS IS ON THE 065 RADIAL; THE ARPT MISSED APCH IS 8.4 DME. AFTER THE FAA FLT CHKED THE APCH A CELL TWR WAS ERECTED ON THE 065 DEG RADIAL AT APPROX 4.9 DME. IF THEY HAD HIRED THE BEST SURVEYORS IN THE WORLD; THEY COULD NOT HAVE CENTERED IT ON THE RADIAL ANY CLOSER. I DO NOT KNOW THE EXACT HEIGHT OF THE TWR; BUT THE FIRST TIME I HAD TO SHOOT THE APCH. I BROKE OUT AT 550 FT AGL AND THE FIRST THING I SAW WAS THE TWR AS IT DISAPPEARED UNDER THE NOSE. IT SCARED ME BADLY. THIS TWR IS STILL NOT DEPICTED ON THE APCH CHART AS OF THIS DATE. WHEN I WENT OVER IT I WOULD ESTIMATE MY HEIGHT ABOVE IT TO BE NO MORE THAN 150 FT TO 200 FT. I AM ENCLOSING A CHART WITH THE LOCATION DEPICTED.CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATED THAT THE TWR IS LIGHTED AND HE ESTIMATES IT TO BE 246 FT AGL. HE ASSUMES THE GND ELEVATION IN THE AREA IS BETWEEN 400 FT TO 500 FT; WHICH WOULD PUT THE TWR AT 646 FT TO 746 FT AND SO AN ACFT AT THE 100 FT MDA WOULD BE 250 FT TO 350 FT ABOVE THE TWR DEPENDING ON THE ACTUAL GND LEVEL.