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DC9 first officer fails to make the turn onto the runway 21L localizer during a visual approach at 5000 ft. He had 'fixated' on willow run airport and failed to note the localizer course needle's activation. The PIC wasn't even 'onboard.' crew concept was out the window.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 370782 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199706 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 5000 msl bound upper : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | enroute other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | controller military : 21 controller radar : 8 controller supervisory : 16 flight time last 90 days : 165 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 1100 |
| ASRS Report | 370782 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 0 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Inbound to detroit on the cetus arrival. Late descent by ATC out of 11000 ft. Advised to expect visual to runway 21L and short approach. Directed to turn left with about an 8 mi base. Cleared visual approach to runway 21L. I had detroit metropolitan visually and during the process of intermittently xchking instruments and looking outside, I inadvertently locked visually onto willow run which is about 8 mi west of detroit metropolitan. This resulted in overshooting the approach to runway 21L and ending up almost on top of the approach to runway 21R. Tower called and advised us that there was an aircraft 1000 ft below us, and asked if we needed a vector back to runway 21L. I had regained positional awareness just prior to the radio call by tower and had begun a left turn back for runway 21L. The subsequent visual approach and landing to runway 21L were uneventful. No TCASII alerts occurred. Also, the captain never provided any constructive input. Bottom line -- a severely clear day does not guarantee total situation awareness.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DC9 FO FAILS TO MAKE THE TURN ONTO THE RWY 21L LOC DURING A VISUAL APCH AT 5000 FT. HE HAD 'FIXATED' ON WILLOW RUN ARPT AND FAILED TO NOTE THE LOC COURSE NEEDLE'S ACTIVATION. THE PIC WASN'T EVEN 'ONBOARD.' CREW CONCEPT WAS OUT THE WINDOW.
Narrative: INBOUND TO DETROIT ON THE CETUS ARR. LATE DSCNT BY ATC OUT OF 11000 FT. ADVISED TO EXPECT VISUAL TO RWY 21L AND SHORT APCH. DIRECTED TO TURN L WITH ABOUT AN 8 MI BASE. CLRED VISUAL APCH TO RWY 21L. I HAD DETROIT METRO VISUALLY AND DURING THE PROCESS OF INTERMITTENTLY XCHKING INSTS AND LOOKING OUTSIDE, I INADVERTENTLY LOCKED VISUALLY ONTO WILLOW RUN WHICH IS ABOUT 8 MI W OF DETROIT METRO. THIS RESULTED IN OVERSHOOTING THE APCH TO RWY 21L AND ENDING UP ALMOST ON TOP OF THE APCH TO RWY 21R. TWR CALLED AND ADVISED US THAT THERE WAS AN ACFT 1000 FT BELOW US, AND ASKED IF WE NEEDED A VECTOR BACK TO RWY 21L. I HAD REGAINED POSITIONAL AWARENESS JUST PRIOR TO THE RADIO CALL BY TWR AND HAD BEGUN A L TURN BACK FOR RWY 21L. THE SUBSEQUENT VISUAL APCH AND LNDG TO RWY 21L WERE UNEVENTFUL. NO TCASII ALERTS OCCURRED. ALSO, THE CAPT NEVER PROVIDED ANY CONSTRUCTIVE INPUT. BOTTOM LINE -- A SEVERELY CLR DAY DOES NOT GUARANTEE TOTAL SIT AWARENESS.
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.