2000-10 · NASA ASRS report 488646
TRACK DEV ON A VISUAL APCH TO ATL; GA; WITH CRM AND FATIGUE ISSUES.
I (CAPT) WAS FLYING INBOUND TO ATL FOR VISUAL TO RWY 26R. I RPTED TFC TO FOLLOW AND ARPT IN SIGHT. LOC WAS SELECTED; TUNED; AUTOPLT ON HDG AND ALT MODE. FO WAS NEW TO COMPANY WITH ONLY 30 HRS OFF OF IOE AND REQUIRED FREQUENT CORRECTION/MONITORING BY MYSELF. LAST CLRNC RECEIVED WAS CLRED VISUAL RWY 26R SLOW TO 180 KIAS. FO READ BACK RWY 27R. CTLR CORRECTED AND ADDED 'SLOW TO 160 KIAS.' FO DID NOT READ BACK 160 KIAS OR CATCH RWY ERROR. I READ BACK RWY 26R; 160 KIAS. APCH THEN POINTED OUT WE HAD FLOWN S OF THE RWY 26R LOC AND NEEDED TO CORRECT. WE CORRECTED AND LANDED UNEVENTFULLY. I WAS QUITE SHAKEN UP BY THIS EVENT BECAUSE I WAS COMPLETELY UNAWARE THAT I HAD CROSSED THE FINAL FOR 3 RWYS (RWY 26R; RWY 26L; AND RWY 27R) AND WAS ALMOST LINED UP FOR RWY 27L ON FAR S SIDE OF ARPT UNTIL THE CTLR CALLED US. I COULD NOT UNDERSTAND HOW I HAD GOTTEN THERE. THE LAST SIT I WAS AWARE OF WAS SLOWING TO 160 KIAS; INTERCEPTING INBOUND; AND FOLLOWING TFC. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF I HAD BEEN IN A TRANCE OR ASLEEP FOR A FEW SECONDS. I THANK MY LUCKY STARS THE TFC WAS LIGHT AND I DID NOT COLLIDE WITH TFC TO RWY 27L. I THINK THE FOLLOWING FACTORS CONTRIBUTED TO THIS INCIDENT: 1) FATIGUE: OVERNIGHT SCHEDULED FOR ABOUT 9 HRS TOTAL REST. LONG DELAY FOR TRANSPORTATION TO HOTEL AND I WOKE UP AT XA15 FOR XC30 DUTY I AND COULD NOT GO BACK TO SLEEP. ALSO; I HAD BEEN SICK FOR 2 DAYS PRIOR TO TRIP AND HAD NOT RESTED WELL. 2) NEW FO: A) FO NEVER SPOKE UP AS I BLEW THROUGH THE FINAL FOR OUR RWY -- I SUSPECT BECAUSE HE MAY NOT HAVE NOTICED IT OR THOUGHT HE WAS INCORRECT OR WAS TOO TIMID. B) I WAS DISTR FROM FLYING THE ACFT DUE TO THE NEED TO MONITOR AND CORRECT HIS ACTIONS SIMULTANEOUSLY. 3) THERE WERE 2 DC9'S SIMULTANEOUSLY LNDG ON PARALLEL RWYS (RWY 26R AND RWY 27L). I BELIEVE I MAY HAVE IDENTED THE WRONG DC9 AND SO MISJUDGED MY TURN TO FINAL. WHAT I SHOULD HAVE DONE DIFFERENTLY: 1) USE AUTOPLT APCH MODE INSTEAD OF HDG MODE TO HELP PREVENT MISSING THE LOC. 2) PRIORITIZE -- I SHOULD HAVE PLACED ALL EMPHASIS ON ACFT CTL AND FLYING AND LET THE PNF STUMBLE ON RADIO AT THAT BUSY POINT IN THE APCH AND LNDG PHASE. 3) SLEEP BETTER/MORE CAFFEINE. 4) TRY TO BE EVEN MORE ENCOURAGING TO FO'S ABOUT SPEAKING UP.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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