Air carrier on ILS approach. Tower initiates missed approach due to aircraft on runway. Second approach flight crew accepts visual but lined up with parallel highway. Third approach works.

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Attributes
ACN	155753
Time
Date	199009
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : iad
State Reference	VA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : iad tower : iad
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : missed approach
Route In Use	enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	controller military : 7 controller non radar : 10 controller radar : 10 flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	155753
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Scheduled air carrier on ILS 1R approach. At 2000' MSL tower initiated missed approach due to aircraft on runway. Another air carrier had executed ILS on 1R prior to us. However, when tower initiated missed approach 1) air carrier B was turning to clear active, 2) air carrier B was in sight to air carrier Z, 3) no previous calls from approach or tower indicated a problem with spacing, 4) air carrier a felt comfortable with continuing to a lower altitude on the approach. Missed approach was uneventful, however this led to another sequence of events to another missed approach. Approach vectored air carrier a for downwind for 1R with the airport in sight and given the option for ILS on visibility air carrier Z chose to land visually (probably to expedite landing time). Turning base airport runway was visually lost and tower informed crew it appeared to be lined up with a parallel highway. A second missed approach was initiated and air carrier a was vectored for an ILS 1R to an uneventful landing. In summary, a premature wave off initiated a sequence putting crew in a strange situation/;location which led to poor judgement on accepting visibility approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR ON ILS APCH. TWR INITIATES MISSED APCH DUE TO ACFT ON RWY. SECOND APCH FLT CREW ACCEPTS VISUAL BUT LINED UP WITH PARALLEL HIGHWAY. THIRD APCH WORKS.

Narrative: SCHEDULED ACR ON ILS 1R APCH. AT 2000' MSL TWR INITIATED MISSED APCH DUE TO ACFT ON RWY. ANOTHER ACR HAD EXECUTED ILS ON 1R PRIOR TO US. HOWEVER, WHEN TWR INITIATED MISSED APCH 1) ACR B WAS TURNING TO CLR ACTIVE, 2) ACR B WAS IN SIGHT TO ACR Z, 3) NO PREVIOUS CALLS FROM APCH OR TWR INDICATED A PROB WITH SPACING, 4) ACR A FELT COMFORTABLE WITH CONTINUING TO A LOWER ALT ON THE APCH. MISSED APCH WAS UNEVENTFUL, HOWEVER THIS LED TO ANOTHER SEQUENCE OF EVENTS TO ANOTHER MISSED APCH. APCH VECTORED ACR A FOR DOWNWIND FOR 1R WITH THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND GIVEN THE OPTION FOR ILS ON VIS ACR Z CHOSE TO LAND VISUALLY (PROBABLY TO EXPEDITE LNDG TIME). TURNING BASE ARPT RWY WAS VISUALLY LOST AND TWR INFORMED CREW IT APPEARED TO BE LINED UP WITH A PARALLEL HWY. A SECOND MISSED APCH WAS INITIATED AND ACR A WAS VECTORED FOR AN ILS 1R TO AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. IN SUMMARY, A PREMATURE WAVE OFF INITIATED A SEQUENCE PUTTING CREW IN A STRANGE SITUATION/;LOCATION WHICH LED TO POOR JUDGEMENT ON ACCEPTING VIS APCH.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.