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B737 flight crew on night visual approach lines up on wrong parallel runway, executes missed approach and return land on proper runway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 640583 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200411 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | agl single value : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : dtw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 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 : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 11400 |
| ASRS Report | 640583 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 17900 flight time type : 750 |
| ASRS Report | 640582 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : executed go around flight crew : became reoriented |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Cleared visual approach runway 21L, looked high. Proceeded with s-turns. Lined up with runway 21R. At approximately 1000 ft, noticed error. Started missed approach. Landed normally. Tower said no conflict, no problem.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 FLT CREW ON NIGHT VISUAL APCH LINES UP ON WRONG PARALLEL RWY, EXECUTES MISSED APCH AND RETURN LAND ON PROPER RWY.
Narrative: CLRED VISUAL APCH RWY 21L, LOOKED HIGH. PROCEEDED WITH S-TURNS. LINED UP WITH RWY 21R. AT APPROX 1000 FT, NOTICED ERROR. STARTED MISSED APCH. LANDED NORMALLY. TWR SAID NO CONFLICT, NO PROB.
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.