Flight crew of B757 encounter strong wind gusts and crosswind on approach and after 3 attempts holds...

Attributes
ACN	393193
Time
Date	199802
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco
State Reference	FL
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mco
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing : go around landing other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	393193
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 other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

ATC facility: mco tower. Location: landing mco. Arriving mco with winds reported 250 degrees at 22-25 KTS and gusts to 28 KTS made approach and unable to land account very strong xwinds and very strong gusts. Made 3 attempts with no success. Held in local area to allow winds and gusts to stabilize. Made another approach and still very rough and crosswind too much for aircraft although reported winds never did exceed limits. Other flts were landing although several did experience gars as a result of crosswind and gusty conditions. Diverted to mia waited for improvement and returned to land under still very strong xwinds. Pulled up station WX later and found reports of peak wind in several reports in excess of 30 KTS. Used mia as alternate as flight plan stated tpa altitude, which has only n-s runway confign and same wind problem. In over 20 yrs flying strongest winds and some of the worst conditions observed. Tower did report windshear advisory and even microbrust alerts with no convective activity in sight. Several flts landed, but understand other carrier B757 experienced similar difficulty and divert. Chalk up this to another experience.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC OF B757 ENCOUNTER STRONG WIND GUSTS AND XWIND ON APCH AND AFTER 3 ATTEMPTS HOLDS IN LCL AREA. ON NEXT APCH WINDS ARE STILL TOO STRONG AND THEY DIVERT.

Narrative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

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.

Flight crew of B757 encounter strong wind gusts and crosswind on approach and after 3 attempts holds in local area. On next approach winds are still too strong and they divert.