Small Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Rotorcraft; Flight Crew Commercial; Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 35; Flight Crew Total 11000; Flight Crew Type 2000
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Confusion
ATC Issue All Types; Conflict Airborne Conflict; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Executed Go Around / Missed Approach
Procedure; Human Factors; Environment - Non Weather Related
Flying into SZT saw NOTAM and ASOS saying a crane was off the north end of RWY 02 and 90 ft off centerline. Didn't pay too much attention; but on final; flying the PAPI lights; I had to go-around the top of the crane; which protruded some 60 ft into the PAPI glidepath. I took a photo looking north on RWY 02 and the crane was dead center in the runway centerline. The solution was to turn off the PAPI lights so it did not guide aircraft into the crane; which moved east and west during the day; but often within the runway width and extending into the PAPI glidepath. Seems that simple solution would have been to find some other way to do work on a bridge north of SZT; but FAA decided OK; which baffles me from a safety standpoint. Call 208-263-3074 and listen to the current ASOS; which is better; but what if a transient pilot doesn't listen; or pay attention. Same risk on takeoff with low-performance aircraft hitting the crane.
Turbojet pilot reported executing a go-around on the SZT Runway 02 final because a crane protruded into the runway's visual descent path. The crane is mobile and NOTAMed; but a danger to transient pilots and others.