An air carrier captain described a go-around while flying the ewr runway 29 stadium visual in gusty ...

Attributes
ACN	1403881
Time
Date	201611
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Tower
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

I was PF (pilot flying) flying the stadium visual 29 into ewr. Winds were approximately 310 at 19 G 30. The approach was looking fine; although it was a handful keeping it that way. At approximately 400 to 500 feet our speed went from vf at 157. (Ice speeds plus gust factor) to 177 in a few seconds. My first officer (first officer) made the correct call and immediately called for the go around. I was concentrating on keeping the aircraft flying and heard heading 220 maintain 2000. This was an error on my part; because the actual instructions were maintain runway heading and 2000 ft. There is no missed approach procedure for this approach. At this point; the winds were shifting around a lot and the go-around was busy; stressful and quite rough. A few moments later; tower reiterated heading of 290 and 2000 ft. I turned back on assigned heading and had trouble maintaining altitude due to updrafts and downdrafts that we encountered; we would bounce around anywhere between 2400 ft at the highest down to about 1850 ft at the lowest. We then stabilized at 2000 ft. From there we requested vectors; reset the approach and was cleared the stadium visual 29; again. This time; the approach was stable.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier Captain described a go-around while flying the EWR Runway 29 Stadium Visual in gusty conditions. He misunderstood the EWR Tower's go-around heading while attempting to climb and maintain aircraft control.

Narrative: I was PF (Pilot Flying) flying the Stadium Visual 29 into EWR. Winds were approximately 310 at 19 G 30. The approach was looking fine; although it was a handful keeping it that way. At approximately 400 to 500 feet our speed went from Vf at 157. (Ice speeds plus gust factor) to 177 in a few seconds. My FO (First Officer) made the correct call and immediately called for the Go Around. I was concentrating on keeping the aircraft flying and heard heading 220 maintain 2000. This was an error on my part; because the actual instructions were maintain runway heading and 2000 ft. There is no missed approach procedure for this approach. At this point; the winds were shifting around a lot and the go-around was busy; stressful and quite rough. A few moments later; tower reiterated heading of 290 and 2000 ft. I turned back on assigned heading and had trouble maintaining altitude due to updrafts and downdrafts that we encountered; we would bounce around anywhere between 2400 ft at the highest down to about 1850 ft at the lowest. We then stabilized at 2000 ft. From there we requested vectors; reset the approach and was cleared the Stadium Visual 29; again. This time; the approach was stable.

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.

An air carrier captain described a go-around while flying the ewr runway 29 stadium visual in gusty conditions. He misunderstood the ewr tower's go-around heading while attempting to climb and maintain aircraft control.