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An air carrier flight crew reported executing a missed approach on the orf ILS 5 approach due to gusty 30+ knot crosswinds. The crew flew a successful approach to iad; which also presented gusty conditions. The autopilot had difficult tracking in the high crosswind.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1445031 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201704 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ORF.TRACON |
| State Reference | VA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Autopilot |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We to orf and the weather was not very good in orf. After a slight delay departing and holding over ccv VOR; ATC reported the weather at 6000 RVR. So we attempted to shoot the approach in to runway 5 in orf. We were cleared for the approach maintain 2300 ft until established. We were solid IFR (IMC) and there was a 33 KTS crosswind and the autopilot had a hard time intercepting the localizer. After overshooting the localizer 4 or 5 times I turned off the autopilot and hand flew the ILS down to minimums at which we had to go into missed approach; due to not seeing the runway. After the missed we had 4300 pounds of fuel onboard and our divert fuel was 4110 pounds so we diverted to iad. The winds were gusting in iad also so the autopilot had a hard time intercepting the localizer again in iad. So I turned off the autopilot once again and hand flew the ILS. We broke out at 800 feet on the ILS and landed with no problems. During both approaches we were fully configured and established on the ILS by 1000 feet AGL; with no excessive banking. The flight was then canceled.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier flight crew reported executing a missed approach on the ORF ILS 5 approach due to gusty 30+ knot crosswinds. The crew flew a successful approach to IAD; which also presented gusty conditions. The autopilot had difficult tracking in the high crosswind.
Narrative: We to ORF and the weather was not very good in ORF. After a slight delay departing and holding over CCV VOR; ATC reported the weather at 6000 RVR. So we attempted to shoot the approach in to runway 5 in ORF. We were cleared for the approach maintain 2300 ft until established. We were solid IFR (IMC) and there was a 33 KTS crosswind and the autopilot had a hard time intercepting the LOC. After overshooting the LOC 4 or 5 times I turned off the autopilot and hand flew the ILS down to minimums at which we had to go into missed approach; due to not seeing the runway. After the missed we had 4300 LBS of fuel onboard and our divert fuel was 4110 LBS so we diverted to IAD. The winds were gusting in IAD also so the autopilot had a hard time intercepting the LOC again in IAD. So I turned off the autopilot once again and hand flew the ILS. We broke out at 800 feet on the ILS and landed with no problems. During both approaches we were fully configured and established on the ILS by 1000 feet AGL; with no excessive banking. The flight was then canceled.
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.