AN ACR MLG MADE AN APCH TO THE WRONG ARPT.
Synopsis
AN ACR MLG MADE AN APCH TO THE WRONG ARPT.
Narrative
ACR FLT DFW-MAF. EXTENSIVE DEVS TO MAF DUE TO SEVERE TSTMS ON ARR. ACCEPTED MAF VECTORS TO RWY 10. MAF ASKED TO CALL ARPT IN SIGHT. WINDS AT MAF 150-170 DEGS; 24 GUSTS 33. CONCERN FOR MAX XWINDS LIMITATIONS AND FIGHTING LIGHT TO MODERATE TURB. NUMEROUS DUST STORMS IN MIDLAND AREA DUE TO STRONG SURFACE WINDS. REQUESTED RADAR VECTORS TO ILS FINAL AT MAF. SAW WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS MAF ARPT. ADVISED APCH AND THEY CLRED US FOR VISUAL APCH. CONTACTED TWR AND THEY CLRED US TO LAND RWY 10. DUE TO CRAB ANGLE TO FINAL AND SIMILAR ARPT LAYOUT AT MAF AND MIDLAND AIRPARK; COUPLED WITH INITIAL GS INFO; WE THOUGHT WE HAD MAF ARPT. COPLT QUESTIONED GS 'FAIL' AND WASN'T CONCERNED WITH LOC OFFSET DUE TO CRABBING TO FINAL. CAPT ASKED TWR IF HE HAD US IN SIGHT ON FINAL FOR RWY 10. CALL BLOCKED. AT 1000 FT AGL; CAPT SAID SOMETHING DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT AND DIRECTED A GAR BY 700 FT AGL. SECOND CALL TO TWR AND WERE ADVISED HE HAD US IN SIGHT AND VECTORED US TO FINAL. CONCERNS: SIMILAR RWY LAYOUT WITHOUT DME FROM FIELD. 'TARGET FIXATION' ON STRAY XWINDS AND MODERATE TURB BOTH CREW MEMBERS WERE FAMILIAR WITH ARPT AND HAD FALSE SENSE OF SECURITY. CALLED MAF TWR AND HE SAID 3 OTHER ACFT DID SIMILAR THING IN PAST FEW MONTHS. CONTRIBUTING FACTOR: CREW ASKED TO HELP PROVIDE WX RADAR INFO IN TERMINAL AREA TO OTHER LIGHT ACFT; DISTRACTING CAPT DURING APCH.
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