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A B737-500 flight crew diverted to their alternate airport following a wind shear encounter and go around at their destination.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 915705 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201010 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | MDW.Airport |
| State Reference | IL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 155 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 157 Flight Crew Type 157 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We were on approach to 31C in mdw. Approach told us it was a smooth ride in on the approach below the cloud layer. He descended us below the cloud layer. We could see the ground; it was not raining. We were inside runts descending to the FAF; hobel. The controller stated a windshear alert and then we got the windshear warning. I was the pilot flying. The captain was on the controls with me and we performed the windshear recovery and than a go-around. We were handed off to approach. They vectored us north away from the weather. We were in and out of 'ACARS no comm' messages low over the lake. We elected to divert to our alternate. Dispatch wanted us to go to rfd.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B737-500 Flight Crew diverted to their alternate airport following a wind shear encounter and go around at their destination.
Narrative: We were on approach to 31C in MDW. Approach told us it was a smooth ride in on the approach below the cloud layer. He descended us below the cloud layer. We could see the ground; it was not raining. We were inside RUNTS descending to the FAF; HOBEL. The Controller stated a windshear alert and then we got the windshear warning. I was the pilot flying. The Captain was on the controls with me and we performed the windshear recovery and than a go-around. We were handed off to Approach. They vectored us north away from the weather. We were in and out of 'ACARS NO COMM' messages low over the lake. We elected to divert to our alternate. Dispatch wanted us to go to RFD.
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.