A B737 flight crew on a visual to 16R at den took avoidance action in accordance with a TCAS RA and ...

Attributes
ACN	882564
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 115 Flight Crew Type 115
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

We were cleared for a visual approach to land 16R at dia and were also advised of company traffic landing 16L (the company traffic was slightly above and behind us landing the parallel runway) which we did have in sight. At approximately a 3-mile final; we got an RA warning advising us to descend. We had both the runway and traffic in sight. According to the den commercial chart; 'due to the fact that 16R and 16L are separated by only 2500 feet; there is an increased possibility of TCAS TA's or RA's within 10 NM from the FAF to the FAF for 16L and 16R; especially during periods of high traffic density.' the RA advisory advised us to descend; which we were already doing; and since we had both the traffic and airport in sight and since we were already in close proximity to the ground and airport; I decided to continue on the glideslope and we landed without further incident. The only thing I might suggest is that when doing parallel approaches to 16L and 16R at den that perhaps the transponder not be on TA/RA to prevent a possible dangerous higher than normal rate of descent in close proximity to the ground and airport.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 flight crew on a visual to 16R at DEN took avoidance action in accordance with a TCAS RA and elected to continue the approach rather than go-around.

Narrative: We were cleared for a visual approach to land 16R at DIA and were also advised of Company traffic landing 16L (the company traffic was slightly above and behind us landing the parallel runway) which we did have in sight. At approximately a 3-mile final; we got an RA Warning advising us to descend. We had both the runway and traffic in sight. According to the DEN commercial chart; 'Due to the fact that 16R and 16L are separated by only 2500 feet; there is an increased possibility of TCAS TA's or RA's within 10 NM from the FAF to the FAF for 16L and 16R; especially during periods of high traffic density.' The RA Advisory advised us to descend; which we were already doing; and since we had both the traffic and airport in sight and since we were already in close proximity to the ground and airport; I decided to continue on the glideslope and we landed without further incident. The only thing I might suggest is that when doing parallel approaches to 16L and 16R at DEN that perhaps the transponder not be on TA/RA to prevent a possible dangerous higher than normal rate of descent in close proximity to the ground and airport.

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.

A B737 flight crew on a visual to 16R at den took avoidance action in accordance with a TCAS RA and elected to continue the approach rather than go-around.