1992-07 · NASA ASRS report 215480
ATX X ISSUED LNDG CLRNC ON WRONG RWY WITH ACFT Y IN POS. ATX X ISSUED GAR. MULTIPLE RWY OP PARALLEL RWYS.
ATX X BEING VECTORED BY JFK APCH FOR A VOR-DME RWY 22L APCH WITH REF TO A VISUAL TO THE SAME RWY WHEN WE GOT CLOSER. THE CTLR GAVE US A FINAL TURN AND A CLRNC TO INTERCEPT THE APCH COURSE AND A CHANGE TO TWR FREQ. I CALLED THE LCL CTLR AND TOLD HIM WE WERE ON THE APCH FOR THE L SIDE. I RECEIVED NO RESPONSE. TFC FLOW AND RADIO COM WERE NOT EXTREMELY BUSY AT THE TIME. AFTER A COUPLE OF OTHER TRANSMISSIONS I CALLED HIM AGAIN SAYING WE WERE ON THE APCH FOR RWY 22L. HE CALLED BACK AND SAID WE WERE CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 22R. THE FO; WHO WAS FLYING; BEGAN A SIDESTEP TO RWY 22R AND I ACKNOWLEDGED THE LNDG CLRNC FOR RWY 22R; REPEATING HIS WORDS. AS WE GOT CLOSER TO RWY 22R IT BECAME APPARENT THAT HE HAD GIVEN US THE WRONG RWY. ACFT Y WAS PUT INTO POS AT THE SAME TIME WE WOULD HAVE TOUCHED DOWN. I CALLED HIM ONCE TO QUESTION THE CLRNC; HE DID NOT ANSWER. THE SECOND CALL I SAID YOU GAVE US A LNDG CLRNC FOR RWY 22R -- I THINK THIS IS WRONG. HE PAUSED AND THEN GAVE US A GAR. A DIFFERENT VOICE CAME ON AND TOLD US TO GAR AND MAKE L TFC FOR RWY 22L AND CLRED US TO LAND.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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