POTENTIAL CONFLICT ENSUES WHEN MULTIPLE ACFT EQUIP PROBLEMS SURFACE DURING AN ILS APCH PROC.
Synopsis
POTENTIAL CONFLICT ENSUES WHEN MULTIPLE ACFT EQUIP PROBLEMS SURFACE DURING AN ILS APCH PROC.
Narrative
UPON BEING CLRED FOR THE APCH THE ACFT WAS CONFIGURED FOR A COUPLED APCH. FO ILS TUNED AND IDENTED ON 111.7. MINE ON 112.0 (MONITOR VOR) FOR DME. THE AUTOPLT FAILED TO CAPTURE THE ILS AS WE ENDED UP S FOR THE APCH. WE CORRECTED BACK TO THE R AND ATC KEPT US AT 5000 FT BECAUSE OF 28L TFC. AFTER GOING BACK TO THE N TO REINTERCEPT ILS 28R I SWITCHED TO 111.7 AND WE BOTH HAD A GOOD CENTER INDICATION. ON THE DSCNT; THE AUTOPLT/AUTO THROTTLE DISCONNECTED ITSELF AND WE FLEW RAW DATA ON THE APCH. BOTH NEEDLES WERE OFF TO THE L AGAIN TELLING US WE NEEDED TO CORRECT AGAIN; GS INFO WAS GOOD. AS WE APCHED THE ARPT THE NEEDLES ON BOTH HSI'S WENT L TO R TO L VERY QUICKLY. FOLLOWING THE NEEDLES; WE FOUND OURSELVES S OF COURSE AGAIN WHERE ATC HAD US EXECUTE A MISSED APCH AS WE GOT CLOSE; BUT STILL HAD LEGAL SEPARATION ON 28L TFC. UPON MISSED APCH AND INTERCEPTING NOW 28L LOC 108.9 ONLY USING AUTO THROTTLES; AT OM; AUTO THROTTLES DROVE THROTTLES TO GAR PWR ON ITS OWN. ALL AUTOMATED SYS WERE DISCONNECTED AND THE REMAINDER OF APCH AND LNDG WAS UNEVENTFUL. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 199481: AT ABOUT 800 FT WHILE FLYING A MANUAL ILS WITH SNOW ALL OVER THE GND THE CAPT STATED HE HAD THE RWY OUT HIS L SIDE. I HAD DRIFTED SLIGHTLY L ON THE APCH BUT ELECTED TO LISTEN TO HIM CAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS ELECTRONIC DIFFICULTY WE HAD. ALSO I WAS INSIDE THE COCKPIT FLYING MANUAL WITHOUT THE RWY IN SIGHT. IT WAS GOING TO TAKE A LOT OF EXTRA EFFORT TO GET TO THE RWY HE POINTED TO AND AS I MADE A L TURN AND DSNDED THE APCH CTLR INSTRUCTED ME TO MAKE AN IMMEDIATE R TURN AND CLB. SIMULTANEOUSLY I WAS THE FIRST TO RECOGNIZE WE WERE NOW HEADED FOR 28L. WE NEVER LOST SEPARATION WITH A COMMUTER ACFT FOR 28L BUT DEVIATED ENOUGH FROM THE 28L LOC TO BE GIVEN A GAR BY APCH CTL.
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