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Air carrier cargo heavy transport experiences shear on instrument approach, causes altitude deviation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 130545 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198912 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cae |
| State Reference | SC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1800 msl bound upper : 2100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : cae |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Heavy Transport, Low Wing, 4 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 130545 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | government : faa |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | altitude deviation : excursion from assigned altitude inflight encounter : weather non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : exited adverse environment flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
At 1200', G/south interception altitude, encountered wind shear causing altitude deviation. Approach control warned of wind shear, but severely understated actual conditions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR CARGO HVT EXPERIENCES SHEAR ON INSTRUMENT APCH, CAUSES ALT DEVIATION.
Narrative: AT 1200', G/S INTERCEPTION ALT, ENCOUNTERED WIND SHEAR CAUSING ALT DEVIATION. APCH CTL WARNED OF WIND SHEAR, BUT SEVERELY UNDERSTATED ACTUAL CONDITIONS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.