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Reporter's aircraft was given a clearance to lax runway 24L, then was mistakenly given another clearance to runway 25R. A short time later, controller realized the mistake and reclred aircraft to runway 24R.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 427138 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199901 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1000 msl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 427138 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Socal approach had cleared us for a visual approach to runway 24L at lax. After switching to tower frequency at the OM, we were requested to land and cleared to do so on runway 25R. We were at a safe enough altitude to maneuver the aircraft over and began lining up with runway 25R. As we approached runway 25R and were about abeam the center of the airport (north to south), the controller frantically cleared us back to land on now runway 24R. He had traffic that he wanted to put on runway 24L for takeoff and in his busy state mistakenly cleared us to land on runway 25R instead of what he had intended on runway 24R. Our thoughts after landing on runway 24R without any further difficulties were that the tower controllers needed to be very careful with their runway terminologies as well as we needed to clarify the unusual runway change from runway 24L to runway 25R which almost never occurs inside the OM.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTR'S ACFT WAS GIVEN A CLRNC TO LAX RWY 24L, THEN WAS MISTAKENLY GIVEN ANOTHER CLRNC TO RWY 25R. A SHORT TIME LATER, CTLR REALIZED THE MISTAKE AND RECLRED ACFT TO RWY 24R.
Narrative: SOCAL APCH HAD CLRED US FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 24L AT LAX. AFTER SWITCHING TO TWR FREQ AT THE OM, WE WERE REQUESTED TO LAND AND CLRED TO DO SO ON RWY 25R. WE WERE AT A SAFE ENOUGH ALT TO MANEUVER THE ACFT OVER AND BEGAN LINING UP WITH RWY 25R. AS WE APCHED RWY 25R AND WERE ABOUT ABEAM THE CTR OF THE ARPT (N TO S), THE CTLR FRANTICALLY CLRED US BACK TO LAND ON NOW RWY 24R. HE HAD TFC THAT HE WANTED TO PUT ON RWY 24L FOR TKOF AND IN HIS BUSY STATE MISTAKENLY CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 25R INSTEAD OF WHAT HE HAD INTENDED ON RWY 24R. OUR THOUGHTS AFTER LNDG ON RWY 24R WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DIFFICULTIES WERE THAT THE TWR CTLRS NEEDED TO BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THEIR RWY TERMINOLOGIES AS WELL AS WE NEEDED TO CLARIFY THE UNUSUAL RWY CHANGE FROM RWY 24L TO RWY 25R WHICH ALMOST NEVER OCCURS INSIDE THE OM.
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.