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Air carrier flight crew encountered windshear and experienced difficulty in altitude control during approach and missed approach phases.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 312383 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199508 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca |
| State Reference | DC |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dca |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 270 flight time total : 14000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 312383 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : regained aircraft control other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Encountered windshear on approach of plus 40 KTS. Unable to stay on GS. Missed approach and unable to level at briefed missed approach. Altitude due to increase in performance from shear. ATC said no problem, no other traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR FLC ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR AND EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN ALT CTL DURING APCH AND MISSED APCH PHASES.
Narrative: ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR ON APCH OF PLUS 40 KTS. UNABLE TO STAY ON GS. MISSED APCH AND UNABLE TO LEVEL AT BRIEFED MISSED APCH. ALT DUE TO INCREASE IN PERFORMANCE FROM SHEAR. ATC SAID NO PROB, NO OTHER TFC.
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.