A320 FLT CREW INADVERTENTLY LANDS AT RCA AIR FORCE BASE LOCATED 5 MI FROM RAP; THEIR INTENDED CIVIL ARPT DEST.
Synopsis
A320 FLT CREW INADVERTENTLY LANDS AT RCA AIR FORCE BASE LOCATED 5 MI FROM RAP; THEIR INTENDED CIVIL ARPT DEST.
Narrative
I WAS THE PF ON FLT FROM MSP TO RAP. ABOUT 50 MINS FROM LNDG; I BRIEFED THE VOR RWY 14 APCH WITH MY FO. WE HAD PROGRAMMED THE APCH IN THE MCDU'S AND MANUALLY TUNED IT ON BOTH VOR'S FOR RAW DATA. WE REQUESTED AND WERE CLRED FOR THE 16 DME ARC AND VOR RWY 14 APCH FROM APCH CTL. I ASKED FOR GEAR DOWN AND FLAPS 3 DEGS AS WE APCHED THE INBOUND COURSE AT 16 DME. THE FO RPTED ESTABLISHED ON COURSE AND APCH CTL INSTRUCTED US TO CONTACT RAP TWR. I USED VERT SPD TO DSND TO THE NEXT ALT (4800 FT MSL). THE FO CONTACTED TWR AND THEY CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 14. WE BROKE OUT OF THE OVCST AT AROUND 5000 FT MSL AND SAW A RWY IN FRONT OF US THAT LOOKED LIKE THE CORRECT ONE. I FAILED TO CONFIRM MY POS USING THE DME. I CONTINUED MY DSCNT; CALLED FOR FLAPS FULL AND LNDG CHK AND MISTAKENLY LANDED AT RCA AFB. DURING MY INITIAL APCH BRIEFING; I DID NOT NOTICE THAT RCA AFB WAS DIRECTLY BELOW THE VOR RWY 14 APCH COURSE ON THE APCH PLATE. ALSO; THERE WAS NO WARNING OR CAUTION ON OUR COMPANY 10-7 PAGE ABOUT RCA AFB BEING WHERE IT WAS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 621366: NOT BEING IN RAP IN A FEW YRS; I DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE RWY BEING AT ELLSWORTH. SEEING THE RWY IN FRONT OF US; NOT LOOKING BACK INTO THE FLT INST; JUST FOCUSING ON THE RWY TO LAND. WE LANDED AT RCA RWY 13!
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