A320 captain reports a go-around at msy due to reported windshear from the preceding aircraft; and a...

Narrative:

We broke off an ILS to runway 28 at new orleans due to a windshear report from the preceding aircraft and the encroachment of heavy rain showers in the airport environment and missed approach path. After delay vectors to allow for weather improvement; an initial attempt to execute an ILS to runway 10 was made and abandoned; because of inadequate margins from rain showers to allow for a safe transition onto the localizer and glide path. During our attempt to intercept the ILS 10 final; course capture of the localizer and glide path were clearly going to occur inside the final approach fix without the proper electronic guidance for the transition. Absent adequate visual reference to request a 'visual approach;' the effort was abandoned in favor of ATC provided radar vectors to runway 1 ILS for a normal approach and landing. Finally; had our approach to runway 10 proceeded without incident; a landing would have been prevented due to developing tailwinds in the touchdown zone.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A320 Captain reports a go-around at MSY due to reported windshear from the preceding aircraft; and a second go-around due to tailwinds and an unstabilized approach. The third attempt is successful.

Narrative: We broke off an ILS to Runway 28 at New Orleans due to a windshear report from the preceding aircraft and the encroachment of heavy rain showers in the airport environment and missed approach path. After delay vectors to allow for weather improvement; an initial attempt to execute an ILS to Runway 10 was made and abandoned; because of inadequate margins from rain showers to allow for a safe transition onto the localizer and glide path. During our attempt to intercept the ILS 10 final; course capture of the localizer and glide path were clearly going to occur inside the final approach fix without the proper electronic guidance for the transition. Absent adequate visual reference to request a 'visual approach;' the effort was abandoned in favor of ATC provided radar vectors to Runway 1 ILS for a normal approach and landing. Finally; had our approach to Runway 10 proceeded without incident; a landing would have been prevented due to developing tailwinds in the touchdown zone.

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	981809
Time
Date	201111
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MSY.Airport
State Reference	LA
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 23000 Flight Crew Type 4900
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

A320 captain reports a go-around at msy due to reported windshear from the preceding aircraft; and a second go-around due to tailwinds and an unstabilized approach. The third attempt is successful.