WDB OVERSHOT TURN ONTO FINAL CAUSING CONFLICT WITH MLG ON FINAL FOR A PARALLEL RWY.

Date: 1993-09 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

WDB OVERSHOT TURN ONTO FINAL CAUSING CONFLICT WITH MLG ON FINAL FOR A PARALLEL RWY.

Narrative

WE WERE PROCEEDING AT 4000 FT MSL. WE WERE TOLD TO EXPECT RWY 16L AND TO LOOK FOR A WDB AT 2-3 O'CLOCK. WE SAW THE WDB AT THE 2 O'CLOCK POS; MUCH HIGHER THAN WE WERE; BOTH OF US ABOUT 10 MI FROM THE ARPT. WE CALLED THE ARPT AND THE WDB IN SIGHT AND WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL RWY 16L. WE LINED UP ON A 9 MI FINAL FOR RWY 16L AND WERE ON GLIDE PATH WITH RESPECT TO THE RWY 16L VASI. WE CONTINUED TO WATCH THE WDB ABOVE US DSNDING RAPIDLY. HE WAS STILL ON A SE HDG TO INTERSECT THE RWY 16R LOC. HE FLEW THROUGH THE RWY 16R LOC AND CONTINUED TOWARDS US. WE WERE FORCED TO DEVIATE FROM A NORMAL FLT PROFILE BY TURNING 45 DEGS TO THE L. THE WDB; NOW KNOWN TO US AS ACR NUMBER; STILL MAINTAINED HIS COURSE AND FLEW THROUGH THE RWY 16L CTRLINE TO A POINT OF 1/4 MI ON THE E SIDE OF THE RWY 16L CTRLINE. WE CONTINUED TO TAKE EVASIVE ACTION AS THE WDB CONTINUED TO A POINT ALMOST DIRECTLY OVER US AT AN ALT DIFFERENCE OF 1000 FT OR LESS. WE PROMPTED TWR AND ASKED WHAT THE WDB WAS DOING. THE TWR GAVE THE WDB INSTRUCTIONS TO TURN R. THE WDB CREW WAS OBLIVIOUS TO OUR PRESENCE. THE WDB CREW WAS SO HIGH ON FINAL THAT THEY S-TURNED AT A LOW ALT; LESS THAN 1000 FT AGL; TO TRY AND LOSE ALT. WE LINED OUR ACFT BACK ONTO THE RWY 16L FINAL AND MADE AN UNEVENTFUL; SAFE LNDG. WE WERE FORCED TO DEVIATE FROM OUR FLT PROFILE BECAUSE OUR SAFETY WAS IN JEOPARDY. A COLLISION HAZARD EXISTED AND WE EXPERIENCED AN NMAC. HAD WE NOT DEVIATED; THE WDB WOULD HAVE CAUSED US A CONSIDERABLE SAFETY PROB. THE WDB CREW SEEMED CONFUSED DURING THE ENTIRE APCH. WE DETERMINED THIS THROUGH THEIR RADIO XMISSIONS WITH APCH CTL AND TWR. THEY SEEMED TO BE 'BEHIND THE ACFT' THROUGHOUT THE APCH.

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