AN LTT ACR ACFT ON BASE LEG TO A PARALLEL RWY CROSSES IN FRONT OF AN MLG ACR ACFT ON FINAL TO THE OTHER PARALLEL RWY CAUSING ALARM TO THE OTHER FLC.
Synopsis
AN LTT ACR ACFT ON BASE LEG TO A PARALLEL RWY CROSSES IN FRONT OF AN MLG ACR ACFT ON FINAL TO THE OTHER PARALLEL RWY CAUSING ALARM TO THE OTHER FLC.
Narrative
OUR EMB-120 BRASILIA WAS ON NORMAL R DOWNWIND FOR RWY 29R AT FRESNO. A ACR Z B-727 WAS TOUCHING DOWN ON 29R HAVING APCHED FROM A WIDE R DOWNWIND FOR 29R. ACR Y WAS ON A L EXTENDED DOWNWIND TURNING L BASE FOR 29R. ON DOWNWIND; I REQUESTED THAT WE CROSS OVERHEAD THE ARPT FOR A L DOWNWIND FOR 29L SO THAT WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE ACR Y B-737 WHO WAS ON AN EXTENDED L DOWNWIND FOR 29R. THE CTLR SAID HE WOULD CROSS US IN BTWN THE BOEINGS FOR 29L (R BASE FOR 29L). I INDICATED I HAD BOTH BOEINGS IN SIGHT AND WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN VISUAL SEPARATION AND CLRED VISUAL APCH 29L; CONTACT TWR. ONCE ON TWR; THE CTLR INSTRUCTED US TO EXTEND DOWNWIND TO FOLLOW THE SECOND BOEING. I SAID THAT THE APCH CTLR WAS CLRING US ACROSS THE FINAL FOR R BASE 29L. HE ACKNOWLEDGED AND CLRED US FOR R BASE 29L. ACR Z WAS TOUCHING DOWN ON 29R WHILE WE WERE ON BASE AND ACR Y WAS ON EXTENDED L BASE TO FINAL 29R. WE HAD HIM CLRLY IN SIGHT AND THERE WAS PLENTY OF SEPARATION. AT FIRST HE DID NOT HAVE US IN SIGHT -- ONLY ON TCASII. HE THEN SAW US AND SAID 'THIS DOES NOT LOOK GOOD AT ALL.' THE CTLR ASKED US TO EXPEDITE ACROSS THE 29R FINAL. AT THIS POINT; WE WERE ACROSS THE 29R FINAL TURNING FINAL FOR 29L. ALL ACFT LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT; ALTHOUGH IT SOUNDED LIKE THE ACR Y PLT THOUGHT WE WERE TOO CLOSE. IN HINDSIGHT WE SHOULD HAVE EXTENDED R DOWNWIND TO FOLLOW ACR Y. THAT WAS THE MORE PRUDENT COURSE OF ACTION. I FEEL THAT THE FACT THAT WE WERE ON THE FINAL LEG OF A 13 1/2 HR DUTY AND 7.5 HR BLOCK; 8 LEG DAY CONTRIBUTED TO THE 'GET HOMEITIS' SYNDROME. IN ADDITION WE WERE ARRIVING ALREADY A HALF HR LATE. WE DID SEE BOTH ACFT ALL THE WAY AND; IN MY JUDGEMENT; THERE WAS PLENTY OF SEPARATION. PERHAPS THE ACR Y PLT THOUGHT WE TOO WERE LNDG ON 29R.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.