RPTR EXPERIENCED SCALLOPING ILS LOC RWY 23 CLE WHICH CAUSED THE COUPLED AUTOPLT TO OFFSET THE ACFT FROM THE RWY ALIGNMENT WHEN ACFT BROKE OUT.
Synopsis
RPTR EXPERIENCED SCALLOPING ILS LOC RWY 23 CLE WHICH CAUSED THE COUPLED AUTOPLT TO OFFSET THE ACFT FROM THE RWY ALIGNMENT WHEN ACFT BROKE OUT.
Narrative
IN SUM: RPTR EXPERIENCED SCALLOPING ILS LOC RWY 23 CLE WHICH CAUSED THE COUPLED AUTOPLT TO OFFSET THE ACFT FROM THE RWY ALIGNMENT WHEN ACFT BROKE OUT. IN RETROSPECT; THE RPTR CANNOT BELIEVE HE MANEUVERED THE ACFT SO AGGRESSIVELY SO LOW TO THE GND TO SALVAGE THE APCH. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED HE HAS SINCE FLOWN THE ILS TO RWY 23 AT CLE. THERE WAS NO ABNORMALITY ON THE LOC. WHEN THE LOC WAS SCALLOPING; THE TWR ASSURED THE PLTS THERE WERE NO INTRUSIONS BY VEHICLES ON THE ILS CLR AREAS. THE RPTR STATED HE SENT THE RPT IN FOR 2 REASONS. ONE WAS TO ALERT THE INDUSTRY ABOUT THE CLE RWY 23 ILS. THAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. THE SECOND REASON WAS TO ALERT THE INDUSTRY OF THE HUMAN FACTORS TENDENCY TO ATTEMPT TO SALVAGE AN APCH DURING THE APCH THAT HE WOULD HAVE MADE A MISSED APCH ON WERE HE POSSESSED WITH THE JUDGEMENT THAT EXISTS REMOTE FROM THE SIT. THE COPLT DID NOT COMPLAIN. THERE WERE NO PAX COMPLAINTS. THE RPTR CANNOT BELIEVE HE ALLOWED HIMSELF TO MANEUVER SO AGGRESSIVELY SO CLOSE TO THE GND.
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