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Air carrier flight crew mistook a runway at avl airport under construction as an active runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1767272 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | AVL.Airport |
| State Reference | NC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
I read the company e-mail concerning runway 16 at avl being closed. At the time I didn't realize I had a trip coming up to go there. During the flight over to avl; my first officer (first officer) and I looked over the special airport qualification pages for avl. Pages indicated that the closed runway 16-34 was completely torn up; and just dirt. I forgot the e-mail I had read that stated that the runway was actually almost finished. It was hazy in the avl area. I had not landed there in several years; so we decided to do the RNAV approach to runway 17. I expected to see just one runway as shown on jeppesen 19-3 chart. We got the airport in sight and the tower cleared us to land. When fully configured and below 1;000 AGL; runway 16 was much more prominent than runway 17. We both thought 16 was 17. Both of [us] saw a small light flash on the runway that looked like an aircraft taxing onto the runway. I saw the flash again; and it looked like a very small 'X'. I reported that to the tower; and they instructed us to go around; which we did. After talking to the tower and being vectored back around we saw our error; and successfully landed on runway 17. I blame myself for not putting the information together and noticing that there was a discrepancy between what the e-mail stated and the jeppesen charts. It would be nice if jeppesen could keep their airport qualification charts updated.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Flight Crew mistook a runway at AVL Airport under construction as an active runway.
Narrative: I read the company e-mail concerning Runway 16 at AVL being closed. At the time I didn't realize I had a trip coming up to go there. During the flight over to AVL; my FO (First Officer) and I looked over the special airport qualification pages for AVL. Pages indicated that the closed Runway 16-34 was completely torn up; and just dirt. I forgot the e-mail I had read that stated that the runway was actually almost finished. It was hazy in the AVL area. I had not landed there in several years; so we decided to do the RNAV approach to Runway 17. I expected to see just one runway as shown on Jeppesen 19-3 chart. We got the airport in sight and the Tower cleared us to land. When fully configured and below 1;000 AGL; Runway 16 was much more prominent than Runway 17. We both thought 16 was 17. Both of [us] saw a small light flash on the runway that looked like an aircraft taxing onto the runway. I saw the flash again; and it looked like a very small 'X'. I reported that to the Tower; and they instructed us to go around; which we did. After talking to the Tower and being vectored back around we saw our error; and successfully landed on Runway 17. I blame myself for not putting the information together and noticing that there was a discrepancy between what the e-mail stated and the Jeppesen charts. It would be nice if Jeppesen could keep their airport qualification charts updated.
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