A B737-800 first officer related the loss of situational awareness that occurred when his captain; t...

Narrative:

ATC was vectoring us for a visual approach to 8L in mia. He asked us to report it as soon as possible as we were fairly close to the field. The captain soon after reported the field in sight. I was pilot flying and did not have the field in sight. However; I did have the RNAV approach set up. The controller cleared us for the visual; [and] then gave us a heading momentarily; recleared us for the approach and asked if we wanted 8R. The captain accepted. I still did not have the airport in sight as the sun was in our eyes and it was extremely hazy. The captain went heads down to set up the approach for the right side. As he did that I lost course guidance. A runway was coming into view in front of me; so I went visual. As we got closer I saw the tower to my left and the runway was not 8R/8L; but 9 and a taxiway. I alerted the captain and we subsequently executed a go around and landed uneventfully.I really wish; especially when I'm flying; that the captains not report the field in sight until I have it in sight. In the future; I will ask the captain in the approach briefing to not to report the field until I have it in sight. I will also be more assertive in declining a visual approach if conditions become questionable.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-800 First Officer related the loss of situational awareness that occurred when his Captain; the pilot not flying; advised Tower the field was in sight when he the pilot flying (PF) did not. A subsequent runway change with the field still not in sight by the PF resulted in a go-around.

Narrative: ATC was vectoring us for a visual approach to 8L in MIA. He asked us to report it as soon as possible as we were fairly close to the field. The Captain soon after reported the field in sight. I was pilot flying and did not have the field in sight. However; I did have the RNAV approach set up. The controller cleared us for the visual; [and] then gave us a heading momentarily; recleared us for the approach and asked if we wanted 8R. The Captain accepted. I still did not have the airport in sight as the sun was in our eyes and it was extremely hazy. The Captain went heads down to set up the approach for the right side. As he did that I lost course guidance. A runway was coming into view in front of me; so I went visual. As we got closer I saw the tower to my left and the runway was not 8R/8L; but 9 and a taxiway. I alerted the Captain and we subsequently executed a go around and landed uneventfully.I really wish; especially when I'm flying; that the Captains not report the field in sight until I have it in sight. In the future; I will ask the Captain in the approach briefing to not to report the field until I have it in sight. I will also be more assertive in declining a visual approach if conditions become questionable.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1197482
Time
Date	201408
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.TRACON
State Reference	FL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

A B737-800 first officer related the loss of situational awareness that occurred when his captain; the pilot not flying; advised tower the field was in sight when he the pilot flying (PF) did not. A subsequent runway change with the field still not in sight by the PF resulted in a go-around.