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A320 series captain reported executing a go-around at phl when ATC provided insufficient spacing between aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1384058 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201608 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PHL.Airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Airbus 318/319/320/321 Undifferentiated |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
We had been cleared visual approach to phl 27R and instructed to hold 170 KIAS until 5 miles. At about 1;500 feet MSL; tower requested that we do an s-turn to the right for spacing with an aircraft approaching rwy 35 ahead of us. The first officer complied with the request but at about 600 ft tower requested that we maneuver again to obtain proper spacing. I replied that we were unable; that this wasn't going to work. Tower then directed a go-around and we were vectored for another approach.we had been cleared the second approach when; at about 1;200 ft; tower again requested that we fly an s-turn to the right which the first officer refused to do. Tower then requested that the aircraft flying to rwy 35 keep its speed up because the other aircraft (we) had already done one go-around. The spacing did work out and our approach terminated in a normal landing.spacing is too tight on intersecting-runway visual approaches when a flight is asked three times to do an s-turn for spacing. ATC should not run spacing so tight; dependent on pilots to maneuver for adjustment.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 series Captain reported executing a go-around at PHL when ATC provided insufficient spacing between aircraft.
Narrative: We had been cleared visual approach to PHL 27R and instructed to hold 170 KIAS until 5 miles. At about 1;500 feet MSL; tower requested that we do an S-turn to the right for spacing with an aircraft approaching Rwy 35 ahead of us. The First Officer complied with the request but at about 600 ft Tower requested that we maneuver again to obtain proper spacing. I replied that we were unable; that this wasn't going to work. Tower then directed a go-around and we were vectored for another approach.We had been cleared the second approach when; at about 1;200 ft; Tower again requested that we fly an S-turn to the right which the First Officer refused to do. Tower then requested that the aircraft flying to Rwy 35 keep its speed up because the other aircraft (we) had already done one go-around. The spacing did work out and our approach terminated in a normal landing.Spacing is too tight on intersecting-runway visual approaches when a flight is asked three times to do an S-turn for spacing. ATC should not run spacing so tight; dependent on pilots to maneuver for adjustment.
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.