Landing traffic too close together.

Attributes
ACN	315081
Time
Date	199509
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : lax
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B767-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	315081
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation other

Narrative:

Our clearance was changed from civit 1 arrival to intercept ILS runway 25R then visual runway 25R then ILS runway 25R then back to visual runway 25R. At the same time approach cleared a metroliner to maintain visual separation on us and to land on runway 25L. Also being brought in from the north for runway 24L or runway 24R and that aircraft overshot final. We had no place to go. Aircraft should not be using runway 25L and runway 25R without some stagger. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter says that side by side traffic landing on close proximity parallel runways is a hazardous situation, if, as occurred, aircraft landing on runway 24L overshoot the turn to final. In this situation, there was an aircraft off the left wing landing on runway 25L, the reporter landing runway 25R and the third aircraft getting very close to the reporter, who then had aircraft 'squeezing' him from either side. He says that landing traffic on the close parallels should at least be staggered to prevent this dangerous situation.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LNDG TFC TOO CLOSE TOGETHER.

Narrative: OUR CLRNC WAS CHANGED FROM CIVIT 1 ARR TO INTERCEPT ILS RWY 25R THEN VISUAL RWY 25R THEN ILS RWY 25R THEN BACK TO VISUAL RWY 25R. AT THE SAME TIME APCH CLRED A METROLINER TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION ON US AND TO LAND ON RWY 25L. ALSO BEING BROUGHT IN FROM THE N FOR RWY 24L OR RWY 24R AND THAT ACFT OVERSHOT FINAL. WE HAD NO PLACE TO GO. ACFT SHOULD NOT BE USING RWY 25L AND RWY 25R WITHOUT SOME STAGGER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR SAYS THAT SIDE BY SIDE TFC LNDG ON CLOSE PROX PARALLEL RWYS IS A HAZARDOUS SIT, IF, AS OCCURRED, ACFT LNDG ON RWY 24L OVERSHOOT THE TURN TO FINAL. IN THIS SIT, THERE WAS AN ACFT OFF THE L WING LNDG ON RWY 25L, THE RPTR LNDG RWY 25R AND THE THIRD ACFT GETTING VERY CLOSE TO THE RPTR, WHO THEN HAD ACFT 'SQUEEZING' HIM FROM EITHER SIDE. HE SAYS THAT LNDG TFC ON THE CLOSE PARALLELS SHOULD AT LEAST BE STAGGERED TO PREVENT THIS DANGEROUS SIT.

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.