Narrative:

First officer was flying, ATIS was received about 20 mins earlier, runway in use was runway 4R. Visual approach was briefed to runway 4R at iln. During descent and vectoring we were given direct iln, descent to 3000 ft, call airport in sight for visual. Through 6000-7000 ft, we picked up the airport and called the airport and were cleared for the visual to runway 4R. Approach controller (dayton) cleared us for the visual, but to not turn base until descent below 4000 ft. By the time we were below 4000 ft and started our base. We were too close to the airport for a normal base, so we turned away from the airport, still on base and called tower as instructed by dayton. In the meantime, runway in use had changed to runway 22L. When we contacted tower we were told runway 22L was in use, and given a 180 degree heading and climb to 3000 ft, call dayton. Dayton turned us on a downwind heading 040 degrees, 'call airport in sight.' upon completion of our turn, we called airport in sight and were turned to 360 degrees to intercept the final, and cleared for the visual to runway 22L. Again, we were too close for a normal landing, so we started to turn back toward the downwind heading, but inbound traffic on the final kept us from extending the downwind, so we turned toward the runway, called tower, cleared to land, but an apparent tailwind blew us across the final to the assigned runway toward the parallel. We had traffic on the parallel in sight, maintaining visual separation, continuing our turn to final for the assigned runway and landed without incident. Our maneuvering caused no traffic conflict or evasive maneuvers. Supplemental information from acn 395306: at this point the captain said we were in too close to the airport. So I turned out to the northeast, a heading somewhere between 010 degrees and 040 degrees to extend the downwind so we could make a better base entry for runway 22L. Just after we had made that turn another aircraft appeared in front of us on a base leg or angling final for our runway 22L. Not knowing that there was a wind from the southeast blowing northwest at our altitude, we started a left turn back into a base leg for runway 22L so we would not become conflicting traffic to the other aircraft inbound to our runway also. I looked over and saw us traversing the final for runway 22L and being blown towards the DC8's flight path for runway 22R. The centerline for runway 22R nor did either the DC8 or us have to take evasive action to avoid a midair.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DC9-32F ENTERS THE TFC PATTERN AT ILN, OH, JUST AS RWYS IN USE CHANGE DIRECTION. THE FLC HAS A DIFFICULT TIME ESTABLISHING A GOOD VISUAL APCH WITH A STRONG XWIND.

Narrative: FO WAS FLYING, ATIS WAS RECEIVED ABOUT 20 MINS EARLIER, RWY IN USE WAS RWY 4R. VISUAL APCH WAS BRIEFED TO RWY 4R AT ILN. DURING DSCNT AND VECTORING WE WERE GIVEN DIRECT ILN, DSCNT TO 3000 FT, CALL ARPT IN SIGHT FOR VISUAL. THROUGH 6000-7000 FT, WE PICKED UP THE ARPT AND CALLED THE ARPT AND WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 4R. APCH CTLR (DAYTON) CLRED US FOR THE VISUAL, BUT TO NOT TURN BASE UNTIL DSCNT BELOW 4000 FT. BY THE TIME WE WERE BELOW 4000 FT AND STARTED OUR BASE. WE WERE TOO CLOSE TO THE ARPT FOR A NORMAL BASE, SO WE TURNED AWAY FROM THE ARPT, STILL ON BASE AND CALLED TWR AS INSTRUCTED BY DAYTON. IN THE MEANTIME, RWY IN USE HAD CHANGED TO RWY 22L. WHEN WE CONTACTED TWR WE WERE TOLD RWY 22L WAS IN USE, AND GIVEN A 180 DEG HDG AND CLB TO 3000 FT, CALL DAYTON. DAYTON TURNED US ON A DOWNWIND HDG 040 DEGS, 'CALL ARPT IN SIGHT.' UPON COMPLETION OF OUR TURN, WE CALLED ARPT IN SIGHT AND WERE TURNED TO 360 DEGS TO INTERCEPT THE FINAL, AND CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 22L. AGAIN, WE WERE TOO CLOSE FOR A NORMAL LNDG, SO WE STARTED TO TURN BACK TOWARD THE DOWNWIND HDG, BUT INBOUND TFC ON THE FINAL KEPT US FROM EXTENDING THE DOWNWIND, SO WE TURNED TOWARD THE RWY, CALLED TWR, CLRED TO LAND, BUT AN APPARENT TAILWIND BLEW US ACROSS THE FINAL TO THE ASSIGNED RWY TOWARD THE PARALLEL. WE HAD TFC ON THE PARALLEL IN SIGHT, MAINTAINING VISUAL SEPARATION, CONTINUING OUR TURN TO FINAL FOR THE ASSIGNED RWY AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. OUR MANEUVERING CAUSED NO TFC CONFLICT OR EVASIVE MANEUVERS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 395306: AT THIS POINT THE CAPT SAID WE WERE IN TOO CLOSE TO THE ARPT. SO I TURNED OUT TO THE NE, A HDG SOMEWHERE BTWN 010 DEGS AND 040 DEGS TO EXTEND THE DOWNWIND SO WE COULD MAKE A BETTER BASE ENTRY FOR RWY 22L. JUST AFTER WE HAD MADE THAT TURN ANOTHER ACFT APPEARED IN FRONT OF US ON A BASE LEG OR ANGLING FINAL FOR OUR RWY 22L. NOT KNOWING THAT THERE WAS A WIND FROM THE SE BLOWING NW AT OUR ALT, WE STARTED A L TURN BACK INTO A BASE LEG FOR RWY 22L SO WE WOULD NOT BECOME CONFLICTING TFC TO THE OTHER ACFT INBOUND TO OUR RWY ALSO. I LOOKED OVER AND SAW US TRAVERSING THE FINAL FOR RWY 22L AND BEING BLOWN TOWARDS THE DC8'S FLT PATH FOR RWY 22R. THE CTRLINE FOR RWY 22R NOR DID EITHER THE DC8 OR US HAVE TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION TO AVOID A MIDAIR.

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.