While on final approach; the flight crew was advised of an active microburst near their approach pat...

Attributes
ACN	1270988
Time
Date	201506
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	IAD.Airport
State Reference	DC
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Arriving iad and cleared ILS rwy 01R. Over FAF waxin; tower cleared us to land runway 01R and advised active microburst over runway 30 approach end gusts over 30 knots. We advised tower we were unable to land and requested left or right turn to avoid weather. Tower instructed us to fly to runway 1C threshold (into hazardous weather) and would then have turn instructions. We told tower to turn us now and they did. Vector for another approach after weather passed airport. This was a fast moving storm and unbelievable that ATC would expose aircraft to such hazards.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While on final approach; the flight crew was advised of an active microburst near their approach path. The flight crew reported that the Tower did not respond in a timely fashion to their request for a vector away from the fast moving cell.

Narrative: Arriving IAD and cleared ILS Rwy 01R. Over FAF WAXIN; tower cleared us to land RWY 01R and advised active Microburst over RWY 30 approach end gusts over 30 knots. We advised tower we were unable to land and requested left or right turn to avoid weather. Tower instructed us to fly to RWY 1C threshold (into hazardous weather) and would then have turn instructions. We told tower to turn us now and they did. Vector for another approach after weather passed airport. This was a fast moving storm and unbelievable that ATC would expose aircraft to such hazards.

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.

While on final approach; the flight crew was advised of an active microburst near their approach path. The flight crew reported that the tower did not respond in a timely fashion to their request for a vector away from the fast moving cell.