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At lax air carrier-medium large transport overshot turn onto runway 24L,right causing close proximity with air carrier aircraft straight in to runway 25L,right.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 97006 |
| Time | |
| Date | 198810 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7800 flight time type : 4800 |
| ASRS Report | 97006 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 500 vertical : 200 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While flying stadium visual to runway 24R, we overshot north runways (24R/left) due to marginal VFR visibility (haze). South 25L/right runways were in sight and mistaken for north ones. Localizer 24R was tuned and course (CDI) movement and centering was noted, but not before overshoot to south could be stopped. An air carrier Y aircraft was on approach to south complex (25L/right) and was seen as soon as we realized the overshoot. We passed approximately 500' to the north of the air carrier Y while correcting back to the north. Tower was busy with 2 other aircraft but did call the potential conflict as we were making the correction back to the north. Runways 24R/left were still not visible until an intercept heading was attained. Problem initially occurred because of even poorer visibility to east while trying to find stadium for base leg turn. This diverted our attention from the airport which was in sight south of us. When we started the base turn, we were at a lower altitude and short range visibility to the west coupled with the offset west of the north complex runways 24L/right resulted in the north runways being not visible while the south runways (25L/right) were.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AT LAX ACR-MLG OVERSHOT TURN ONTO RWY 24L,R CAUSING CLOSE PROX WITH ACR ACFT STRAIGHT IN TO RWY 25L,R.
Narrative: WHILE FLYING STADIUM VISUAL TO RWY 24R, WE OVERSHOT N RWYS (24R/L) DUE TO MARGINAL VFR VIS (HAZE). S 25L/R RWYS WERE IN SIGHT AND MISTAKEN FOR N ONES. LOC 24R WAS TUNED AND COURSE (CDI) MOVEMENT AND CENTERING WAS NOTED, BUT NOT BEFORE OVERSHOOT TO S COULD BE STOPPED. AN ACR Y ACFT WAS ON APCH TO S COMPLEX (25L/R) AND WAS SEEN AS SOON AS WE REALIZED THE OVERSHOOT. WE PASSED APPROX 500' TO THE N OF THE ACR Y WHILE CORRECTING BACK TO THE N. TWR WAS BUSY WITH 2 OTHER ACFT BUT DID CALL THE POTENTIAL CONFLICT AS WE WERE MAKING THE CORRECTION BACK TO THE N. RWYS 24R/L WERE STILL NOT VISIBLE UNTIL AN INTERCEPT HDG WAS ATTAINED. PROB INITIALLY OCCURRED BECAUSE OF EVEN POORER VISIBILITY TO E WHILE TRYING TO FIND STADIUM FOR BASE LEG TURN. THIS DIVERTED OUR ATTN FROM THE ARPT WHICH WAS IN SIGHT S OF US. WHEN WE STARTED THE BASE TURN, WE WERE AT A LOWER ALT AND SHORT RANGE VISIBILITY TO THE W COUPLED WITH THE OFFSET W OF THE N COMPLEX RWYS 24L/R RESULTED IN THE N RWYS BEING NOT VISIBLE WHILE THE S RWYS (25L/R) WERE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 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.