A B767 CREW ON A VISUAL APCH TO PANC TUNED IN THE WRONG ILS AS A BACK-UP. USING THE WRONG GS AS A REF CAUSED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL APCH SLOT.

Date: 2001-07 · Aircraft: B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model · Phase: approach

Anomalies: deviation-track-heading-all-types|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|inflight-event-encounter-unstabilized-approach|other-fatigue

Synopsis

A B767 CREW ON A VISUAL APCH TO PANC TUNED IN THE WRONG ILS AS A BACK-UP. USING THE WRONG GS AS A REF CAUSED A HIGHER THAN NORMAL APCH SLOT.

Narrative

BOTH CAPT AND FO WERE CALLED OUT OF RESERVE AND ASSIGNED A 2-LEG TRIP; SCHEDULED TO LEAVE DOMICILE AT XA00. DURING PREFLT PAPERWORK; 2 REVELATIONS SURFACED: BOTH OF US ADMITTED TO OBTAINING MINIMAL SLEEP PRIOR TO THE ASSIGNMENT; AND THIS WAS TO BE THE FO'S FIRST LEG OUT OF IOE SINCE HIS UPGRADE FROM ENGINEER. FIRST LEG WAS UNEVENTFUL. AFTER A 2 HR LAYOVER; WE DEPARTED FOR ANC; AK; WITH A SCHEDULED BLOCK TIME OF 6 HRS 20 MINS. THE FO WAS FLYING THE SECOND LEG; AND AS WE APCHED ANC FOR A VISUAL APCH; I SET UP THE ILS TO RWY 6R IN THE FMC AS A BACKUP; TUNED THE ILS RECEIVER; AND IDENTED THE APCH. XING THE FINAL INBOUND; I SWITCHED TO TWR FREQ AND MADE THE INITIAL CALL. OUT OF HABIT; AS I CALLED FINAL FOR RWY 6R; I LOOKED DOWN AT MY DISPLAY; AND SAW THAT I HAD ENTERED RWY 6L INTO THE BOX BY MISTAKE. IT TOOK ONLY SECONDS TO RELOAD THE PROPER APCH; BUT I WONDERED WHY THE BOX HADN'T INDICATED THAT THERE WAS AN 'ILS FREQ ERROR' MESSAGE. LOOKING AT THE CHART; IT SEEMS THAT I HAD ALSO TURNED MY COMMERCIAL CHART TO THE INCORRECT (RWY 6L) APCH PLATE; TUNED THAT FREQ; AND IDENTED IT BY MISTAKE. UNFORTUNATELY; THE APCH ENDS OF THE PARALLEL RWYS ARE STAGGERED; AND MY FO NOW FOUND HIMSELF VERY HIGH ON HIS FIRST APCH. THROUGH THE USE OF SPOILERS ON FINAL; WE WERE ABLE TO GET THE ACFT BACK INTO THE PROPER SLOT; CONFIGURED AND STABLE; PRIOR TO LNDG. BUT AT BEST; IT WAS SLOPPY FLYING. THE EVENT WAS ENTIRELY MY FAULT; AND I CANNOT HELP BUT FEEL THAT FATIGUE WAS THE OVERRIDING FACTOR. ON THE INITIAL CALLOUT; IT HADN'T SEEMED LIKE MUCH OF A BIG DEAL. BUT AT 11+ HRS AFTER OUR RPT TIME; IT WAS CERTAINLY A CONCERN. THANK GOODNESS THE WX WAS CLR AND THE STRONG XWINDS WERE BLOWING OUR VORTEX (SINCE WE WERE WELL ABOVE THE GS THAT NORMAL PEOPLE USE) OUT OF HARMS WAY. CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL WHEN FATIGUE IS IN THE COCKPIT.

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