WDB ACR ENCOUNTERS SEVERE WIND SHEAR ON APCH. MISSED APCH AND AIR HOLD RESULT.
Synopsis
WDB ACR ENCOUNTERS SEVERE WIND SHEAR ON APCH. MISSED APCH AND AIR HOLD RESULT.
Narrative
DURING ILS APCH; ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WIND SHEAR. ALT WAS ABOUT 2000 FT. FIRST INDICATION WAS LOSS OF AIRSPD THEN A HUGE INCREASE EVEN MORE THAN THE LOSS. DURING THE MISSED APCH WE EXCEEDED THE MISSED APCH ALT OF 3000 FT BY 300-400 FT. THE BALLOONING EFFECT BECAUSE OF THE INCREASED AIRSPD PLUS NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE INST BECAUSE OF TURB; CAUSED THE ABOVE. THE ACFT WAS A WDB WITH TAPES FOR AIRSPD AND ALTIMETER. ALTHOUGH I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE ACTUAL SPD WAS; THE ENTIRE AIRSPD TAPE WAS INDICATING OVERSPD BECAUSE IT WAS ALL IN THE YELLOW BAND. AFTER THE MISS WAS COMPLETED; I INFORMED ATC AND THEIR COMMENT WAS THAT I WAS ABOUT #12 THAT HAD MISSED. I HAD BEEN INFORMED THAT THERE WERE WIND SHEAR ALERTS AROUND THE ARPT BUT NOT THAT THERE HAD BEEN PREVIOUS MISSES. I RECOMMEND THAT ATC BE MANDATED TO GIVE THAT KIND OF INFO. THE ABOVE INFO WOULD TEND TO ADD AND MAKE A BETTER PICTURE OF THE REAL CONDITIONS. WE LANDED AFTER ABOUT 50 MINS WITHOUT MUCH FANFARE. NOT A GOOD NIGHT AND THE WORST WIND SHEAR I HAVE ENCOUNTERED.
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