AN ACR WDB LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY.
Synopsis
AN ACR WDB LANDED ON THE WRONG RWY.
Narrative
CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH LAND TO RWY 17 AT MCO. WE WERE VECTORED FOR A FINAL TO CROSS ORL EXECUTIVE ARPT AT OR ABOVE 2500 FT WITH SPD AT OUR DISCRETION. WE WERE #1 ON THE APCH. THE RADAR VECTORS BY APCH CTL BROUGHT OUR ACFT OVER EXECUTIVE ARPT AT A 45 DEG BASE TO LINE UP OVER RWY 17. WE WERE WELL ABOVE THE 2500 FT XING RESTR. THE CREW HAD FOLLOWED ALL PROCS FOR A VISUAL APCH WITH AN ILS BACKUP TO RWY 17 AS REQUIRED IN THE COMPANY PLT OPERATING MANUAL AND THE FLT OPS PROC MANUAL ALL ILS FREQS WERE TUNED AND IDENTED FOR RWY 17; AND THE MOST RECENT ATIS INFO WAS COPIED. THE CREW CHOSE TO REQUEST (AND WAS GRANTED) A DEV TO THE E OF THE RWY 17 FINAL EXTENDED LINE IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH A COMFORTABLE DSCNT; AND PLACE THE ACFT IN A POS FROM WHICH TO ACCOMPLISH A SAFE AND COMFORTABLE FINAL APCH AND LNDG. THE ATTN GIVEN TO COMPLETING ALL CHKLIST AND POSITIONING THE ACFT IN A STABILIZED APCH CONFIGN DISTRACTED THE CREW FROM VISUALLY ALIGNING THEMSELVES WITH THE ASSIGNED RWY. AS A RESULT; THE FLT WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 17 AT MCO AND THE CREW LINED UP AND VISUALLY LANDED ON RWY 18L MCO. THE CREW RUSHED ITSELF AND BROKE ITS COORD PATTERN IN ORDER TO ACCOMPLISH AN EARLY AND CLOSE-IN APCH AND LNDG. WHEN WE SENSED OURSELVES AS TOO RUSHED OR TOO CLOSE OR TOO HIGH; WE SHOULD HAVE ASKED FOR THE EXTENDED TIME TO COMPLETE THE APCH LNDG AND THIS ERROR WOULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 268848: APCHING 100 FT AGL; I NOTICED THE RWY MARKINGS 18L; NOT SURE IF DURING MY TIME IN THE COCKPIT EARLIER WE HAD BEEN CLRED FOR RWY 18L. I DID NOT SAY ANYTHING. WHY DID TWR CLR US TO LAND ON AN EXTENDED BASE TO FINAL WHICH COINCIDED WITH THE RWY 18L FINAL? WHY DIDN'T TWR QUESTION OUR ACTIONS WHILE ON A 3-4 MI FINAL TO RWY 18L?
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.