C5 first officer reports briefing and setting up for the ILS 36R using the 36L approach chart. This ...

Narrative:

Cleared for ILS 36R with the equipment inadvertently set up for 36L causing a possible breach of 36C centerline which was also in use at the time. While opening the approach plate; we received a master caution light for a possible pressurization door open. I placed the approach plate in its holder (which happened to be opened to 36L) to don my oxygen mask while we completed the appropriate items in the flight manual and descended to 10000 ft. We isolated the problem to a switch; bypassed that switch and climbed back to FL240 with just under an hour before descent. ATIS called for 36C and 36R as active. Not noticing the left for 36L was covered up by the approach plate holder; I briefed the approach for 36R using the 36L approach plate. This wasn't picked up on until passing through 36R centerline at which time the PIC began to question his equipment. The final approach controller came on about that time to question if we had the airport in sight. We visually acquired the airport and immediate action was taken to return to 36R to an uneventful landing. We debriefed this event as a crew and the circumstances and human factors that lead up to this event. Things that should have prevented this: better attention to detail by myself and crew while briefing the approach. A great brief is no substitute for briefing the right one to begin with. Better monitoring by the pilot not flying. Go back to basics. When cleared for an ILS and you can see the runway; make sure you are flying to the right one.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C5 First Officer reports briefing and setting up for the ILS 36R using the 36L approach chart. This is not detected by the pilot monitoring and results in overshooting towards 36C approach course before the deviation is detected by ATC and the crew.

Narrative: Cleared for ILS 36R with the equipment inadvertently set up for 36L causing a possible breach of 36C centerline which was also in use at the time. While opening the approach plate; we received a master caution light for a possible pressurization door open. I placed the approach plate in its holder (which happened to be opened to 36L) to don my oxygen mask while we completed the appropriate items in the Flight Manual and descended to 10000 FT. We isolated the problem to a switch; bypassed that switch and climbed back to FL240 with just under an hour before descent. ATIS called for 36C and 36R as active. Not noticing the L for 36L was covered up by the approach plate holder; I briefed the approach for 36R using the 36L approach plate. This wasn't picked up on until passing through 36R centerline at which time the PIC began to question his equipment. The final approach controller came on about that time to question if we had the airport in sight. We visually acquired the airport and immediate action was taken to return to 36R to an uneventful landing. We debriefed this event as a crew and the circumstances and human factors that lead up to this event. Things that should have prevented this: Better attention to detail by myself and crew while briefing the approach. A great brief is no substitute for briefing the right one to begin with. Better monitoring by the pilot not flying. Go back to basics. When cleared for an ILS and you can see the runway; make sure you are flying to the right one.

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.

Attributes
ACN	963451
Time
Date	201107
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MEM.TRACON
State Reference	TN
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Galaxy (C5A)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Route In Use	Vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Engineer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 20 Flight Crew Total 3000 Flight Crew Type 800
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

C5 first officer reports briefing and setting up for the ILS 36R using the 36L approach chart. This is not detected by the pilot monitoring and results in overshooting towards 36C approach course before the deviation is detected by ATC and the crew.