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B757 captain lined up with the wrong set of parallel runways at lax resulting in controller intervention to direct him to the appropriate runway and avoid a head-on with a departing B747.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 558554 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200208 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : initial |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 11500 flight time type : 600 |
| ASRS Report | 558554 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : separated traffic controller : issued advisory flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 18000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Flight was descending on downwind to a visual approach into lax. I was the PNF. Our assigned runway was runway 6R. When the captain rolled out on final, we were slightly south of runway 7R and about 6-7 mi out. He had started to correct back when the controller asked if we were heading to runway 6R. I indicated that we were, thinking the south complex runways 7L/right was where we wanted to go. ATC then told us to turn north immediately for runway 6R, as a B747 had just departed runway 25R opposite direction. We complied with his instructions and landed on runway 6R with no further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 CAPT LINED UP WITH THE WRONG SET OF PARALLEL RWYS AT LAX RESULTING IN CTLR INTERVENTION TO DIRECT HIM TO THE APPROPRIATE RWY AND AVOID A HEAD-ON WITH A DEPARTING B747.
Narrative: FLT WAS DSNDING ON DOWNWIND TO A VISUAL APCH INTO LAX. I WAS THE PNF. OUR ASSIGNED RWY WAS RWY 6R. WHEN THE CAPT ROLLED OUT ON FINAL, WE WERE SLIGHTLY S OF RWY 7R AND ABOUT 6-7 MI OUT. HE HAD STARTED TO CORRECT BACK WHEN THE CTLR ASKED IF WE WERE HEADING TO RWY 6R. I INDICATED THAT WE WERE, THINKING THE S COMPLEX RWYS 7L/R WAS WHERE WE WANTED TO GO. ATC THEN TOLD US TO TURN N IMMEDIATELY FOR RWY 6R, AS A B747 HAD JUST DEPARTED RWY 25R OPPOSITE DIRECTION. WE COMPLIED WITH HIS INSTRUCTIONS AND LANDED ON RWY 6R WITH NO FURTHER INCIDENT.
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.