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A B747 flight crew lined up with the wrong runway for landing at lax. The so detected the error and brought it to the PF's attention.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 438386 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199905 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | navaid : lax.vortac |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 24r |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 130 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 800 |
| ASRS Report | 738386 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 4500 |
| ASRS Report | 438242 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : loc other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Approach control vectored us to runway 24R 'visual approach' while we were north of outside the romen OM. Unknown to us, the runways 24 were not visible while the runways 25 were visible. I became fixated on the approach lights and noticed we were high for the approach so began configuring and slowing. I didn't notice the passage of the localizer needle until well PST runway 24R. About the time the flight director switched to tower frequency, the so noticed the runway confign appeared to be wrong. As he mentioned this, I checked my localizer indicator and agreed that we were heading for runway 25R, not runway 24R. The tower controller then advised us of this and said to 'switch back to runway 24R.' upon turning to intercept the runway 24R localizer course, the approach lights for runway 24R then became visible. We continued the approach and landing uneventfully. At no time did we cross into the runway 25 approach area.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B747 FLC LINED UP WITH THE WRONG RWY FOR LNDG AT LAX. THE SO DETECTED THE ERROR AND BROUGHT IT TO THE PF'S ATTN.
Narrative: APCH CTL VECTORED US TO RWY 24R 'VISUAL APCH' WHILE WE WERE N OF OUTSIDE THE ROMEN OM. UNKNOWN TO US, THE RWYS 24 WERE NOT VISIBLE WHILE THE RWYS 25 WERE VISIBLE. I BECAME FIXATED ON THE APCH LIGHTS AND NOTICED WE WERE HIGH FOR THE APCH SO BEGAN CONFIGURING AND SLOWING. I DIDN'T NOTICE THE PASSAGE OF THE LOC NEEDLE UNTIL WELL PST RWY 24R. ABOUT THE TIME THE FLT DIRECTOR SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ, THE SO NOTICED THE RWY CONFIGN APPEARED TO BE WRONG. AS HE MENTIONED THIS, I CHKED MY LOC INDICATOR AND AGREED THAT WE WERE HDG FOR RWY 25R, NOT RWY 24R. THE TWR CTLR THEN ADVISED US OF THIS AND SAID TO 'SWITCH BACK TO RWY 24R.' UPON TURNING TO INTERCEPT THE RWY 24R LOC COURSE, THE APCH LIGHTS FOR RWY 24R THEN BECAME VISIBLE. WE CONTINUED THE APCH AND LNDG UNEVENTFULLY. AT NO TIME DID WE CROSS INTO THE RWY 25 APCH AREA.
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.