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Captain of an md super 80 questioned the safe separation during tower assigned visual approach to a propeller aircraft ahead on a parallel runway visual approach when the 2 runways had close lateral separation. The reporter's aircraft overtook the propeller aircraft on short final and passed laterally during landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 422326 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 100 agl bound upper : 300 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| ASRS Report | 422326 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Given visual approach to sea runway 16L with a propeller aircraft making visual approach to the parallel runway 16R. He was joining the final ahead of us and we both had each other in sight. Neither aircraft was told to follow the other. He was faster and pulled away from us but approach asked us to keep our speed up. We caught up to the propeller plane and passed him on short final even though we had slowed to our minimum approach speed. The lateral spacing was minimal and in retrospect, I should have either made an s-turn to avoid the overtake or gone around since the propeller plane could not see us as we began to pass him from behind.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MD SUPER 80 QUESTIONED THE SAFE SEPARATION DURING TWR ASSIGNED VISUAL APCH TO A PROP ACFT AHEAD ON A PARALLEL RWY VISUAL APCH WHEN THE 2 RWYS HAD CLOSE LATERAL SEPARATION. THE RPTR'S ACFT OVERTOOK THE PROP ACFT ON SHORT FINAL AND PASSED LATERALLY DURING LNDG.
Narrative: GIVEN VISUAL APCH TO SEA RWY 16L WITH A PROP ACFT MAKING VISUAL APCH TO THE PARALLEL RWY 16R. HE WAS JOINING THE FINAL AHEAD OF US AND WE BOTH HAD EACH OTHER IN SIGHT. NEITHER ACFT WAS TOLD TO FOLLOW THE OTHER. HE WAS FASTER AND PULLED AWAY FROM US BUT APCH ASKED US TO KEEP OUR SPD UP. WE CAUGHT UP TO THE PROP PLANE AND PASSED HIM ON SHORT FINAL EVEN THOUGH WE HAD SLOWED TO OUR MINIMUM APCH SPD. THE LATERAL SPACING WAS MINIMAL AND IN RETROSPECT, I SHOULD HAVE EITHER MADE AN S-TURN TO AVOID THE OVERTAKE OR GONE AROUND SINCE THE PROP PLANE COULD NOT SEE US AS WE BEGAN TO PASS HIM FROM BEHIND.
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.