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Captain of an MD88 made decision to continue landing on final after the latest surface winds reported by the tower were within +1 KT of the aircraft's crosswind limits.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 429090 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199902 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : atl.airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | other |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : atl.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-88 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 9000 |
| ASRS Report | 429090 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter : weather |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Aircraft Weather |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
When handed off to second atl approach controller, he stated to an aircraft in front of our aircraft winds of 360 degrees at 26 KTS gusting to 33 KTS. Aircraft limitation is 90 degrees crosswind limit of 30 KTS. Chose a suitable alternate, but wanted to continue around pattern in case gust factor was within limits during our approach. Over the landing lights, tower reported a 31 KT crosswind. Continued approach to a landing on runway 27L at atl. Subsequent landing and rollout were uneventful.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF AN MD88 MADE DECISION TO CONTINUE LNDG ON FINAL AFTER THE LATEST SURFACE WINDS RPTED BY THE TWR WERE WITHIN +1 KT OF THE ACFT'S XWIND LIMITS.
Narrative: WHEN HANDED OFF TO SECOND ATL APCH CTLR, HE STATED TO AN ACFT IN FRONT OF OUR ACFT WINDS OF 360 DEGS AT 26 KTS GUSTING TO 33 KTS. ACFT LIMITATION IS 90 DEGS XWIND LIMIT OF 30 KTS. CHOSE A SUITABLE ALTERNATE, BUT WANTED TO CONTINUE AROUND PATTERN IN CASE GUST FACTOR WAS WITHIN LIMITS DURING OUR APCH. OVER THE LNDG LIGHTS, TWR RPTED A 31 KT XWIND. CONTINUED APCH TO A LNDG ON RWY 27L AT ATL. SUBSEQUENT LNDG AND ROLLOUT WERE UNEVENTFUL.
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.