An MD80 first officer reported that the captain's overshooting final for runway 9L at ord, was contributed to personal preoccupation.

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Attributes
ACN	630135
Time
Date	200409
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord.airport
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl single value : 1500
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Weather Elements	other
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : c90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 25 flight time total : 9300 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	630135
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : clearance non adherence : far other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to original clearance
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Captain reported airport in sight. Cleared for a visual approach, instructed not to overshoot final. Captain lost sight of runway as I picked up the radio to tell approach. Captain flew through localizer. I had traffic in sight and told ATC we would maintain visual separation. Captain was preoccupied with hurricane preparations for his house and not paying attention. Captain should have reported loss of the airport earlier.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN MD80 FO RPTED THAT THE CAPT'S OVERSHOOTING FINAL FOR RWY 9L AT ORD, WAS CONTRIBUTED TO PERSONAL PREOCCUPATION.

Narrative: CAPT RPTED ARPT IN SIGHT. CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH, INSTRUCTED NOT TO OVERSHOOT FINAL. CAPT LOST SIGHT OF RWY AS I PICKED UP THE RADIO TO TELL APCH. CAPT FLEW THROUGH LOC. I HAD TFC IN SIGHT AND TOLD ATC WE WOULD MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION. CAPT WAS PREOCCUPIED WITH HURRICANE PREPARATIONS FOR HIS HOUSE AND NOT PAYING ATTN. CAPT SHOULD HAVE RPTED LOSS OF THE ARPT EARLIER.

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.