1993-01 · NASA ASRS report 232676
RPTR COMPLAINS OF APCH CTLR TECHNIQUE ATC IN RADAR VECTORING FOR SIMULTANEOUS ILS APCH PROC AND THE PROX TO ARR SAME DIRECTION TFC.
WE WERE BEING VECTORED FOR AN ILS TO 27L AT ORD; SIMULTANEOUS APCHS TO BOTH 27'S WERE IN PROGRESS. THE CTLR WAS VERY BUSY AND I FELT THAT HE WAS HAVING SOME TROUBLE POSITIONING US. WE WERE SLOWED TO 150 KTS; WHICH WAS CLOSE TO OUR MINIMUM APCH SPD; AND ISSUED A VECTOR WHICH PLACED US ON A VERY SHARP INTERCEPT ANGLE. OUR APCH CLRNC WAS GIVEN CLOSE TO THE LOC WITH A REQUEST FOR A 'GOOD RATE OF TURN.' THE FO WAS FLYING AND IN AN EFFORT TO ACCOMMODATE THE CTLR; AND NOT OVERSHOOT THE LOC; HE ROLLED RAPIDLY INTO A 30 DEG BANK. AT THIS POINT; I NOTICED A RATE OF SINK DEVELOP WHICH I IMMEDIATELY BROUGHT TO THE ATTN OF THE FO. HE CORRECTED QUICKLY BUT A MOMENTARY ALT DEV OF SOMEWHAT LESS THAT 200 FT OCCURRED. TFC WAS INTERCEPTING THE PARALLEL LOC AT THIS TIME AND AS OUR INTERCEPT ANGLE WAS QUITE SHARP WE RECEIVED A TA. THIS; OF COURSE; WAS DISTRACTING AND MAY HAVE BEEN A FACTOR IN THE SINK RATE DEVELOPING. I BELIEVE THAT OUR HANDLING BY APCH CTL WAS A SIGNIFICANT FACTOR; AND IN RETROSPECT; I SHOULD HAVE TAKEN THE ACFT IMMEDIATELY RATHER THAN VERBALLY NOTING OUR SINK RATE TO THE FO. OTHER FACTORS INCLUDED IMC CONDITIONS WITH ICING; AND A GUSTY 14 KT WIND AT THE SURFACE. TO MY KNOWLEDGE; NO CONFLICT OCCURRED; HOWEVER; THIS IS AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THE TYPE OF OVERLOAD SIT WHICH OCCURS REGULARLY AT ORD.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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