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Flight crew of medium large transport made an NDB approach to buf using out of date minimums. Landed below new minimums after one missed approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 166720 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199012 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : buf |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 msl bound lower : 1200 msl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : buf |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6500 flight time type : 3500 |
| ASRS Report | 166720 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Flight crew of medium large transport made ncb approach to buf with first officer flying an erratic approach to minimums, missed approach. Second approach was better organized but again first officer flying was erratic but with considerable coaching from the captain a successful landing was made. Post-flight examination of the approach page and fom briefing sheet put out by company captain realized they had made the approach to minimums that had since been raised. Flight had inadvertently approached and landed below new minimums for NDB approach at buf. Reporter protests late notice of minimums change.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLT CREW OF MLG MADE AN NDB APCH TO BUF USING OUT OF DATE MINIMUMS. LANDED BELOW NEW MINIMUMS AFTER ONE MISSED APCH.
Narrative: FLT CREW OF MLG MADE NCB APCH TO BUF WITH F/O FLYING AN ERRATIC APCH TO MINIMUMS, MISSED APCH. SEC APCH WAS BETTER ORGANIZED BUT AGAIN F/O FLYING WAS ERRATIC BUT WITH CONSIDERABLE COACHING FROM THE CAPT A SUCCESSFUL LNDG WAS MADE. POST-FLT EXAMINATION OF THE APCH PAGE AND FOM BRIEFING SHEET PUT OUT BY COMPANY CAPT REALIZED THEY HAD MADE THE APCH TO MINIMUMS THAT HAD SINCE BEEN RAISED. FLT HAD INADVERTENTLY APCHED AND LANDED BELOW NEW MINIMUMS FOR NDB APCH AT BUF. REPORTER PROTESTS LATE NOTICE OF MINIMUMS CHANGE.
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.