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Tower controller described three successive go around events caused by extreme weather at the airport; the reporter noting the TRACON should not have vectored these aircraft to the airport given the weather conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 972084 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201109 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Tower |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Heavy weather was moving in from the southwest. In the tower we were holding departures due to weather off the departure end. As the weather moved onto the airport; level 4 and 5; the visibility went down; the winds picked up considerably and lightning and heavy rain came down. I told final vector about the conditions and believe I recommended to him to pull them out. He said I'll let them know. Final shipped the 3 aircraft; minimally spaced; right into the worst part of the weather and there was no one good way to turn them as they all went around. Recommendation; it would be one thing to send them in if the weather was not over the field yet; but once its there; you put the flight in an unsafe situation. Don't send aircraft down the final when there is a good probability they'll go around into some nasty weather. The TRACON put the tower and the aircraft into a difficult situation.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Tower Controller described three successive go around events caused by extreme weather at the airport; the reporter noting the TRACON should not have vectored these aircraft to the airport given the weather conditions.
Narrative: Heavy weather was moving in from the southwest. In the Tower we were holding departures due to weather off the departure end. As the weather moved onto the airport; level 4 and 5; the visibility went down; the winds picked up considerably and lightning and heavy rain came down. I told final vector about the conditions and believe I recommended to him to pull them out. He said I'll let them know. Final shipped the 3 aircraft; minimally spaced; right into the worst part of the weather and there was no one good way to turn them as they all went around. Recommendation; it would be one thing to send them in if the weather was not over the field yet; but once its there; you put the flight in an unsafe situation. Don't send aircraft down the final when there is a good probability they'll go around into some nasty weather. The TRACON put the Tower and the aircraft into a difficult situation.
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.