CRJ-900 Captain reported a glideslope failure while on a ILS final approach in IMC weather conditions. The Captain directed a go-around and the flight returned to a landing on the same runway.

Date: 2025-02 · Aircraft: Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900) · Phase: approach

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Synopsis

CRJ-900 Captain reported a glideslope failure while on a ILS final approach in IMC weather conditions. The Captain directed a go-around and the flight returned to a landing on the same runway.

Narrative

Yesterday; me and my First Officer were operating flight ZZZ1 to ZZZ when a missed approach occurred while conducting the ILS XXR. The flight conditions for the last 30 minutes of the flight were filled with moderate to severe turbulence and similar precipitation. Just inside the FAF (ZZZZZ) I got a glide-slope flag on my PFD (Primary Flight Display) followed by a LOC flag. Soon after the flags my flight director disappeared. Pretty soon after my flight director failed my First Officer's PFD reflected the same data (a failed LOC and glide-slope). I then called for a 'go around'. My First Officer slowly brought the power up and we proceeded to do our standardized calls. Although power was brought in; he failed to press the TOGA switches on his side so it never sequenced the missed approach. I proceeded to prompt him to press the buttons so that we could receive the required lateral guidance to commence with the missed approach. While this occurred; we proceeded to get blown off the lateral ground track of the runway by a 45 knot crosswind that was present at 3;500/4;000 feet. After getting instructions by ATC to commence with an immediate right turn; we began to proceed to the right; but it was delayed due to the moderate turbulence and heavy rain that we were experiencing. After getting re-sequenced we came back around and landed normally on XXR.

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