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Air carrier medium large transport captain says while flying the IAP ILS approach to runway 31C he was reading the ILS identify for runway 13C.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 187693 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199108 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mdw |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mdw tower : ord |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time total : 10400 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 187693 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Navigational Facility |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| ATC Facility | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
For the past 3 weeks we have flown into mdw from stl in the morning and landed on runway 31C. While shooting the approach we monitored the morse code identifier for ILS 31C and the code responded for ILS 13C. I mentioned it to both approach, tower and ground and the situation was never rectified. I always understood the correct identifier should be on for the appropriate approach being flown. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter claims that this was the third time that they have been cleared for an ILS runway 31C approach while the localizer was still on for runway 13C. Each time the tower was advised of the problem. WX was good in all cases, so there was no adverse impact. In the last incident, the pilot of the aircraft in front of the reporter also commented to the tower about the wrong localizer.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR MLG CAPT SAYS WHILE FLYING THE IAP ILS APCH TO RWY 31C HE WAS READING THE ILS IDENT FOR RWY 13C.
Narrative: FOR THE PAST 3 WKS WE HAVE FLOWN INTO MDW FROM STL IN THE MORNING AND LANDED ON RWY 31C. WHILE SHOOTING THE APCH WE MONITORED THE MORSE CODE IDENTIFIER FOR ILS 31C AND THE CODE RESPONDED FOR ILS 13C. I MENTIONED IT TO BOTH APCH, TWR AND GND AND THE SITUATION WAS NEVER RECTIFIED. I ALWAYS UNDERSTOOD THE CORRECT IDENTIFIER SHOULD BE ON FOR THE APPROPRIATE APCH BEING FLOWN. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR CLAIMS THAT THIS WAS THE THIRD TIME THAT THEY HAVE BEEN CLRED FOR AN ILS RWY 31C APCH WHILE THE LOC WAS STILL ON FOR RWY 13C. EACH TIME THE TWR WAS ADVISED OF THE PROBLEM. WX WAS GOOD IN ALL CASES, SO THERE WAS NO ADVERSE IMPACT. IN THE LAST INCIDENT, THE PLT OF THE ACFT IN FRONT OF THE RPTR ALSO COMMENTED TO THE TWR ABOUT THE WRONG LOC.
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.