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An FK100 flight crew starts a visual approach and descent to the wrong airport after initial vectors towards xna, ar.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 534266 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200112 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : xna.airport |
| State Reference | AR |
| Altitude | msl single value : 3000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : fsm.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 534266 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : executed missed approach flight crew : became reoriented other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Location: xna. Captain was flying, I was working radios. Approach and all notes were briefed 30 mins prior to arrival. Once handed off to razor back approach, I informed them the sun was in our eyes and requested radar vectors to final. Descent checklist was complete. We were at 3000 ft and I was unable to get an identify on the localizer for the ILS runway 16 at xna. Asked razor back approach for radar vectors to final. His response was 'the airport is at your 11 O'clock position, you're set up to intercept a 3 mi final.' we were then handed off to tower. Both the captain and myself looked out the window and saw an airport at 11 O'clock position that we were set up to intercept a 3 mi final. The captain started to make his turn and descent for that runway. Not having been able to identify the localizer, the localizer not being centered, and the HSI not showing us lined up for the runway 16 at xna, I told the captain I was not sure this was the right runway. The captain said 'ask tower if they see us,' and I did. They said they did not. I told the captain the runway number was right and the airport layout looks the same as the airport diagram. The captain elected to start a go around. Xna tower then confirmed again they did not have us in sight and told us to go around and switch back to razor back approach. We asked for radar vectors to the ILS final runway 16. Once we got closer to the airport, I was able to identify the localizer. The captain intercepted the localizer for runway 16 at xna and landed uneventfully. Looking back on it, the captain made an excellent decision to go around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN FK100 FLC STARTS A VISUAL APCH AND DSCNT TO THE WRONG ARPT AFTER INITIAL VECTORS TOWARDS XNA, AR.
Narrative: LOCATION: XNA. CAPT WAS FLYING, I WAS WORKING RADIOS. APCH AND ALL NOTES WERE BRIEFED 30 MINS PRIOR TO ARR. ONCE HANDED OFF TO RAZOR BACK APCH, I INFORMED THEM THE SUN WAS IN OUR EYES AND REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS TO FINAL. DSCNT CHKLIST WAS COMPLETE. WE WERE AT 3000 FT AND I WAS UNABLE TO GET AN IDENT ON THE LOC FOR THE ILS RWY 16 AT XNA. ASKED RAZOR BACK APCH FOR RADAR VECTORS TO FINAL. HIS RESPONSE WAS 'THE ARPT IS AT YOUR 11 O'CLOCK POS, YOU'RE SET UP TO INTERCEPT A 3 MI FINAL.' WE WERE THEN HANDED OFF TO TWR. BOTH THE CAPT AND MYSELF LOOKED OUT THE WINDOW AND SAW AN ARPT AT 11 O'CLOCK POS THAT WE WERE SET UP TO INTERCEPT A 3 MI FINAL. THE CAPT STARTED TO MAKE HIS TURN AND DSCNT FOR THAT RWY. NOT HAVING BEEN ABLE TO IDENT THE LOC, THE LOC NOT BEING CTRED, AND THE HSI NOT SHOWING US LINED UP FOR THE RWY 16 AT XNA, I TOLD THE CAPT I WAS NOT SURE THIS WAS THE RIGHT RWY. THE CAPT SAID 'ASK TWR IF THEY SEE US,' AND I DID. THEY SAID THEY DID NOT. I TOLD THE CAPT THE RWY NUMBER WAS RIGHT AND THE ARPT LAYOUT LOOKS THE SAME AS THE ARPT DIAGRAM. THE CAPT ELECTED TO START A GAR. XNA TWR THEN CONFIRMED AGAIN THEY DID NOT HAVE US IN SIGHT AND TOLD US TO GO AROUND AND SWITCH BACK TO RAZOR BACK APCH. WE ASKED FOR RADAR VECTORS TO THE ILS FINAL RWY 16. ONCE WE GOT CLOSER TO THE ARPT, I WAS ABLE TO IDENT THE LOC. THE CAPT INTERCEPTED THE LOC FOR RWY 16 AT XNA AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. LOOKING BACK ON IT, THE CAPT MADE AN EXCELLENT DECISION TO GO AROUND.
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.