CPR ACFT ON LOC BC APCH SIGHTS DN LINES UP WITH WRONG ARPT.
Synopsis
CPR ACFT ON LOC BC APCH SIGHTS DN LINES UP WITH WRONG ARPT.
Narrative
SEA APCH HAD VECTORED US TO INTERCEPT THE LOC BC RWY 31 AT BFI; GIVING US A HDG THAT LINED US UP PERFECTLY WITH THE RWY AT RENTON; WA. AS WE DSNDED THROUGH THE CLOUD BASES; RENTON; WA. AS WE DSNDED THROUGH THE CLOUD BASES; RENTON CAME INTO SIGHT AND I STATED THAT I THOUGHT I HAD THE ARPT. THE CAPT CONTINUED TO FLY THE VECTOR; AND I MONITORED THE OUTSIDE. IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WE WERE TOO HIGH FOR THE RWY; SO THE CAPT BEGAN A STEEP DSCNT; FLEW THROUGH THE BFI LOC; AND BUSTED THE ALT MINIMUMS FOR THAT SEGMENT OF THE APCH. ABOUT THE TIME THAT WE BOTH DECIDED THINGS WERE DEFINITELY WRONG; BFI TWR CALLED US TO ALERT US TO THE FACT THAT WE WERE HEADED FOR THE WRONG ARPT. WE DID A 270 DEG TURN; RE-ESTABLISHED ON THE BFI LOC (WHICH WE HAD BOTH MISSED DURING OUR ATTEMPT TO MAKE RENTON) AND LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT -- AND WITH GREAT EMBARRASSMENT. IT WAS A þSUCKER-PUNCH' EVENT. I HAVE BEEN TO BFI MANY TIMES AND AM FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT. I SHOULD HAVE NEVER CALLED THE ARPT IN SIGHT WITHOUT VERIFICATION. THE CAPT SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE FOR THE RWY WITHOUT LOC VERIFICATION. I SHOULD HAVE BACKED HIM UP BETTER BY NOT FOCUSING SO MUCH ON THE OUTSIDE ENVIRONMENT AS TO FORGET MY DUTIES INSIDE THE COCKPIT.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.