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A B737 flight crew misidentified the traffic they were to follow for a visual approach to san. Approach control identified and corrected the error.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 880954 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201003 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SAN.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 130 Flight Crew Type 900 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types |
Narrative:
We were on a downwind to runway 27 on a vector to san. ATC asked us if we had another carrier's airbus in sight to follow on the visual. I told ATC that we had it in sight at our 2 o'clock. The controller said to follow the airbus and we were cleared the approach to runway 27. We then made a right turn to follow the traffic. About 30 seconds later the controller told us we were not following the correct traffic and put us back on a heading. He then pointed out the traffic we were supposed to be following; which was not at our 2 o'clock when I originally confirmed it but more like at our 11 o'clock. The other carrier never had to deviate; and we didn't come close to them. We followed them in for a non-eventful full stop.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737 flight crew misidentified the traffic they were to follow for a visual approach to SAN. Approach control identified and corrected the error.
Narrative: We were on a downwind to Runway 27 on a vector to SAN. ATC asked us if we had another carrier's Airbus in sight to follow on the visual. I told ATC that we had it in sight at our 2 o'clock. The Controller said to follow the Airbus and we were cleared the approach to Runway 27. We then made a right turn to follow the traffic. About 30 seconds later the Controller told us we were not following the correct traffic and put us back on a heading. He then pointed out the traffic we were supposed to be following; which was not at our 2 o'clock when I originally confirmed it but more like at our 11 o'clock. The other carrier never had to deviate; and we didn't come close to them. We followed them in for a non-eventful full stop.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.