SMA X ON VISUAL APCH TO FOLLOW ACR Y DID NOT HAVE ACR Y IN SIGHT HAD LTSS FROM ACR Y. SYS ERROR. TRACON ATCT INTRAFAC COORD.
Synopsis
SMA X ON VISUAL APCH TO FOLLOW ACR Y DID NOT HAVE ACR Y IN SIGHT HAD LTSS FROM ACR Y. SYS ERROR. TRACON ATCT INTRAFAC COORD.
Narrative
NQX GAVE ME THE FOLLOWING INBOUNDS: SMA X FROM THE N ON A VOR-13 APCH; ACR Y ON A SURVEILLANCE APCH UNLESS HE GETS THE FIELD IN SIGHT THEN A VISUAL APCH FROM THE SE; CPR Z FROM THE SE ON A SURVEILLANCE APCH UNLESS HE GETS THE FIELD IN SIGHT THEN A VA APCH. (ALL THE WX WAS ON THE N SIDE OF THE KEYS; VISUAL APCHS WERE POSSIBLE FROM THE SE.) LATER NQX CALLED OVER AND SAID ACR Y HAD THE FIELD IN SIGHT COMING TO US ON A VISUAL APCH AND CPR Z HAD ACR Y IN SIGHT COMING TO US ON A VISUAL APCH. BOTH ACFT ACR Y AND CPR Z CHKED IN WITH EYW TWR SAYING THEY WERE ON A VISUAL APCH AND CPR Z SAID HE HAD ACR Y IN SIGHT. RIGHT AFTER ACR Y RPTS S OF THE TWR ON A R DOWNWIND; SMA X CALLS THE TWR AND SAID HE'S N ON A L DOWNWIND. LCL CTLR VERIFIED HE WAS STILL IFR AND HE SAID YES ON A VISUAL APCH. NQX NEVER CALLED OVER TO TELL US THIS AND SMA X DIDN'T SAY HE HAD ACR Y OR CPR Z IN SIGHT. I CALLED NQX TO MAKE SURE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE TALKING TO SMA X AND THEY SAID YES. I THEN TOLD THEM THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE HIM IN SIGHT AND I DON'T THINK HE HAS ACR Y OR CPR Z IN SIGHT. I WAS GIVEN A STANDBY. MEANWHILE; SMA X RPTED THE WESTERN SHORE LINE (ON FINAL). THE LCL CTLR TOLD HIM HE DIDN'T HAVE HIM IN SIGHT TO RPT OVERHEAD THE FIELD AT 1200 FT. ACR Y WAS TURNING FINAL BY NOW. NQX CALLED BACK AND GAVE US INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE ACFT. I SAID HE'S IN SIGHT ON R BASE AND HAS BEEN GIVEN A LNDG CLRNC. WHAT SHOULD WE DO WITH SMA X. THE LCL CTLR THEN TOLD SMA X TO GO W AND CONTACT APCH. I TOLD APCH WHAT WE DID. SMA X FLEW OVERHEAD OUR FIELD EBOUND.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.