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B757-200 first officer; landing wri; claims acy approach either lost radar or misidentified their aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 745207 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200707 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | intersection : panze |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | msl single value : 5000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : acy.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival star : seaisle |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| ASRS Report | 745207 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | ATC Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
Narrative:
We were flying a military charter to mcguire AFB; nj; when atlantic city approach control lost us. After passing the jaybo intersection at 15000 ft on the sea isle 4 arrival; we were cleared direct to panze and to 7000 ft. At 7000 ft atlantic city approach said that our transponder was reporting us at 9000 ft. I switched from 1 to 2 and approach said that it still showed us at 9000 ft. Altitude reporting was turned off. We descended to 5000 ft short after this. A new controller came on and cleared us direct to panze again. Controller also said that our transponder was reporting us at 9000 ft still. I informed her that we already passed panze 2 mins ago (at XA29Z) and that we were approaching ziggi. We soon realized that atlantic city had lost us and they thought we were someone else. Not a good feeling. We finally got with the right controller and they said our squawk was fine. The rest of the approach and landing went fine.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757-200 FO; LNDG WRI; CLAIMS ACY APCH EITHER LOST RADAR OR MISIDENTIFIED THEIR ACFT.
Narrative: WE WERE FLYING A MIL CHARTER TO MCGUIRE AFB; NJ; WHEN ATLANTIC CITY APCH CTL LOST US. AFTER PASSING THE JAYBO INTXN AT 15000 FT ON THE SEA ISLE 4 ARR; WE WERE CLRED DIRECT TO PANZE AND TO 7000 FT. AT 7000 FT ATLANTIC CITY APCH SAID THAT OUR XPONDER WAS RPTING US AT 9000 FT. I SWITCHED FROM 1 TO 2 AND APCH SAID THAT IT STILL SHOWED US AT 9000 FT. ALT RPTING WAS TURNED OFF. WE DSNDED TO 5000 FT SHORT AFTER THIS. A NEW CTLR CAME ON AND CLRED US DIRECT TO PANZE AGAIN. CTLR ALSO SAID THAT OUR XPONDER WAS RPTING US AT 9000 FT STILL. I INFORMED HER THAT WE ALREADY PASSED PANZE 2 MINS AGO (AT XA29Z) AND THAT WE WERE APCHING ZIGGI. WE SOON REALIZED THAT ATLANTIC CITY HAD LOST US AND THEY THOUGHT WE WERE SOMEONE ELSE. NOT A GOOD FEELING. WE FINALLY GOT WITH THE RIGHT CTLR AND THEY SAID OUR SQUAWK WAS FINE. THE REST OF THE APCH AND LNDG WENT FINE.
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.