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Failure of the flight crew to comply with clearance; compounded by heavy arrival volume; resulted in the aircraft entering adjacent military airspace without authority/authorized.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 649966 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200503 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : las.airport |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5100 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : l30.tracon |
| 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 | government : faa |
| Function | controller : approach |
| Qualification | controller : radar |
| Experience | controller military : 6 controller radar : 8 controller supervisory : 3 controller time certified in position1 : 1 |
| ASRS Report | 649966 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | airspace violation : entry non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Airspace Structure Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Aircraft was given an approach clearance 8 mi northeast of las vegas airport. Aircraft was already slowed to 170 KTS for sequence. The instructions were for the aircraft to turn the final at the stratosphere for a visual approach to runway 19L. The pilot elected to widen out his base for the turn into the airport causing an airspace violation with nellis approach. If the pilot were to have followed the instructions given (which he read back in the clearance); this situation would not have occurred. One contributing factor with this situation was that the flow rate into las was set too high for runway acceptance. This causes us to offload to a runway which has high terrain causing us to keep the airplane high for the approach. The agency seems to have changed modes from one of safety to one of volume. This has caused numerous safety issues at las. I wish that the agency would put safety first and reduce the volume to acceptable levels.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FAILURE OF THE FLT CREW TO COMPLY WITH CLRNC; COMPOUNDED BY HVY ARR VOLUME; RESULTED IN THE ACFT ENTERING ADJACENT MIL AIRSPACE WITHOUT AUTH.
Narrative: ACFT WAS GIVEN AN APCH CLRNC 8 MI NE OF LAS VEGAS ARPT. ACFT WAS ALREADY SLOWED TO 170 KTS FOR SEQUENCE. THE INSTRUCTIONS WERE FOR THE ACFT TO TURN THE FINAL AT THE STRATOSPHERE FOR A VISUAL APCH TO RWY 19L. THE PLT ELECTED TO WIDEN OUT HIS BASE FOR THE TURN INTO THE ARPT CAUSING AN AIRSPACE VIOLATION WITH NELLIS APCH. IF THE PLT WERE TO HAVE FOLLOWED THE INSTRUCTIONS GIVEN (WHICH HE READ BACK IN THE CLRNC); THIS SIT WOULD NOT HAVE OCCURRED. ONE CONTRIBUTING FACTOR WITH THIS SIT WAS THAT THE FLOW RATE INTO LAS WAS SET TOO HIGH FOR RWY ACCEPTANCE. THIS CAUSES US TO OFFLOAD TO A RWY WHICH HAS HIGH TERRAIN CAUSING US TO KEEP THE AIRPLANE HIGH FOR THE APCH. THE AGENCY SEEMS TO HAVE CHANGED MODES FROM ONE OF SAFETY TO ONE OF VOLUME. THIS HAS CAUSED NUMEROUS SAFETY ISSUES AT LAS. I WISH THAT THE AGENCY WOULD PUT SAFETY FIRST AND REDUCE THE VOLUME TO ACCEPTABLE LEVELS.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.