B767 CREW CLRED FOR APCH THAT WAS TEMPORARY DID NOT HAVE THE CHART IN THEIR POSSESSION. IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN CURRENT REVISION UPDATE. PROB DISCOVERED LATE IN APCH. WITH THE AID OF FMS; CTLR AND VMC; RWY WAS SIGHTED AND VISUAL APCH COMPLETED.
Synopsis
B767 CREW CLRED FOR APCH THAT WAS TEMPORARY DID NOT HAVE THE CHART IN THEIR POSSESSION. IT WAS NOT INCLUDED IN CURRENT REVISION UPDATE. PROB DISCOVERED LATE IN APCH. WITH THE AID OF FMS; CTLR AND VMC; RWY WAS SIGHTED AND VISUAL APCH COMPLETED.
Narrative
ON DSCNT; WE WERE EXPECTING AN 'EASTERLY' LNDG. THE NORMAL APCH IS TO RWY 8R; WHICH WE BRIEFED; AND WERE INITIALLY ASSIGNED. WE WERE THEN CHANGED TO 'LOC DME 9' APCH. I ASSUMED THAT WE WOULD BE FLYING THE ILS 9; NO GS APCH; AND SET THE RADIOS FOR THAT APCH. WE WERE CLRED TO INTERCEPT THE LOC; AND I CHANGED TO RAW DATA TO CHK THE ILS; AS IS OUR COMPANY PROC. I FOUND NO LOC INDICATION; AND NO IDENT. I POINTED THIS OUT TO THE CAPT; WHO USED THE FMS TO LINE UP ON THE RWY CTRLINE; WHILE I QUERIED THE CDG APCH CTLR. HE TOLD ME TO TUNE TO 109.35; A NEW FREQ; FOR THE LOC. WE RECEIVED IDENT; AND JUST AT THAT MOMENT; WE SAW THE RWY; AND COMPLETED THE APCH VISUALLY. AFTER LNDG; WE CHKED AND RELAYED THAT WE HAD NO APCH PLATE FOR THE LOC DME 9 APCH; AND THAT IT WAS NOTAMED TO BE A TEMPORARY APCH PROC. SO; WE FLEW AN APCH AND LNDG WITHOUT THE APPROPRIATE APCH PLATE. LATER; WE LEARNED THAT THE TEMPORARY PLATE SHOULD HAVE BEEN IN OUR LATEST REVISION; BUT WAS NOT! COMMERCIAL CHART PUB MESSED UP! AND; AS A RESULT; SO DID WE! CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE; IN MY OPINION; THE FACT THAT IT WAS FRENCH AIRSPACE; WITH CONCURRENT LANGUAGE PROBS; AND FATIGUE. NEITHER FO ON THIS FLT WAS ABLE TO REST DURING THE DESIGNATED 'BREAK' DUE TO CABIN NOISE FROM THE AIRLINE'S NEW 'BUSINESS' SVC.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.