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A DC8 captain made a go around at cvg due to a tailwind. The tower switched traffic to the opposite runway as a result of the tailwind.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 485870 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200009 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg.airport |
| State Reference | OH |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Weather Elements | other |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : cvg.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-8F |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : traffic pattern arrival : vfr |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 6910 flight time type : 1300 |
| ASRS Report | 485870 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : executed go around other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Weather ATC Human Performance Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Weather |
Narrative:
Performed a go around after approach vectored us for a base-leg-to-final visual approach. Strong tailwind component on final. After our go around, tower switched all traffic to opposite runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A DC8 CAPT MADE A GAR AT CVG DUE TO A TAILWIND. THE TWR SWITCHED TFC TO THE OPPOSITE RWY AS A RESULT OF THE TAILWIND.
Narrative: PERFORMED A GAR AFTER APCH VECTORED US FOR A BASE-LEG-TO-FINAL VISUAL APCH. STRONG TAILWIND COMPONENT ON FINAL. AFTER OUR GAR, TWR SWITCHED ALL TFC TO OPPOSITE RWY.
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.