<< >> NASA ASRS Report 391190, January 1998

An air carrier flight crew flying an medium large transport were vectored off of their final approach course then later cleared for landing. They admit to exceeding normal bank angles in order to maneuver back to the approach course.

Attributes
ACN	391190
Time
Date	199801
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ewr
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : ewr
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 11600 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	391190
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

On the approach (visual) to ewr runway 22L the tower instructed us to turn to an easterly heading after passing the OM at 180 KTS, per the approach controller's instructions. The tower then vectored us back inbound and cleared us to land. Because of our relative position we had to maneuver the airplane at bank angles larger than normal to position for a normal landing. In retrospect, realizing that we needed larger than normal bank angles to position the airplane for landing, we should have executed a go around. The landing though, was normal.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLC FLYING AN MLG WERE VECTORED OFF OF THEIR FINAL APCH COURSE THEN LATER CLRED FOR LNDG. THEY ADMIT TO EXCEEDING NORMAL BANK ANGLES IN ORDER TO MANEUVER BACK TO THE APCH COURSE.

Narrative: ON THE APCH (VISUAL) TO EWR RWY 22L THE TWR INSTRUCTED US TO TURN TO AN EASTERLY HEADING AFTER PASSING THE OM AT 180 KTS, PER THE APCH CTLR'S INSTRUCTIONS. THE TWR THEN VECTORED US BACK INBOUND AND CLRED US TO LAND. BECAUSE OF OUR RELATIVE POS WE HAD TO MANEUVER THE AIRPLANE AT BANK ANGLES LARGER THAN NORMAL TO POS FOR A NORMAL LNDG. IN RETROSPECT, REALIZING THAT WE NEEDED LARGER THAN NORMAL BANK ANGLES TO POS THE AIRPLANE FOR LNDG, WE SHOULD HAVE EXECUTED A GAR. THE LNDG THOUGH, WAS NORMAL.

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.