<< >> NASA ASRS Report 364723, March 1997

Flight crew of a super MD80 made a missed approach during an ILS when the WX went below minimums and they did not have the runway environment in sight. They subsequently diverted to land and came back later with more fuel and shot a CAT III ILS approach and landed successfully after breaking out at higher minimums than forecasted.

Attributes
ACN	364723
Time
Date	199703
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 200 agl bound upper : 250
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : clt
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : missed approach other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	364723
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Navigational Aid	Unspecified

Narrative:

Clt WX 200 ft overcast visibility 1 1/2 mi approach in use ILS runway 18L decision ht 250 ft, ILS runway 18R (200 ft decision ht) OTS. Shot one approach went missed approach at decision ht, requested ILS to runway 36L with a 200 ft decision ht, was told indefinite delay planes are landing on runway 18L. Try another approach, go around again vectors to alternate, gso. Departed after refueling, shot CAT III WX had actually improved from reports broke out about 300 ft AGL. The use of runway 18L was a bad setup and the comments by approach that planes were landing okay puts one in a potentially unsafe situation. The airport should have been turned to a north operation after the ILS for runway 18R went down. I do not know how anyone landed from the runway 18L approach.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF A SUPER MD80 MADE A MISSED APCH DURING AN ILS WHEN THE WX WENT BELOW MINIMUMS AND THEY DID NOT HAVE THE RWY ENVIRONMENT IN SIGHT. THEY SUBSEQUENTLY DIVERTED TO LAND AND CAME BACK LATER WITH MORE FUEL AND SHOT A CAT III ILS APCH AND LANDED SUCCESSFULLY AFTER BREAKING OUT AT HIGHER MINIMUMS THAN FORECASTED.

Narrative: CLT WX 200 FT OVCST VISIBILITY 1 1/2 MI APCH IN USE ILS RWY 18L DECISION HT 250 FT, ILS RWY 18R (200 FT DECISION HT) OTS. SHOT ONE APCH WENT MISSED APCH AT DECISION HT, REQUESTED ILS TO RWY 36L WITH A 200 FT DECISION HT, WAS TOLD INDEFINITE DELAY PLANES ARE LNDG ON RWY 18L. TRY ANOTHER APCH, GAR AGAIN VECTORS TO ALTERNATE, GSO. DEPARTED AFTER REFUELING, SHOT CAT III WX HAD ACTUALLY IMPROVED FROM RPTS BROKE OUT ABOUT 300 FT AGL. THE USE OF RWY 18L WAS A BAD SETUP AND THE COMMENTS BY APCH THAT PLANES WERE LNDG OKAY PUTS ONE IN A POTENTIALLY UNSAFE SIT. THE ARPT SHOULD HAVE BEEN TURNED TO A N OP AFTER THE ILS FOR RWY 18R WENT DOWN. I DO NOT KNOW HOW ANYONE LANDED FROM THE RWY 18L APCH.

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.