B737 ACFT HAS 'RUDDER PEDAL STEERING' MEL'ED. FLT CREW; DURING APCH TO LNDG HAS FAILURE OF THE ILS RECEIVER ON THE CAPT'S SIDE. FO'S ILS SYS WORKS; FLT CREW ELECTS TO HAVE THE FO FLY THE APCH COUPLED AND THE CAPT TAKES CTL BELOW 80 KTS IN ORDER TO STEER THE ACFT.

Date: 2006-02 · Aircraft: B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe

Synopsis

B737 ACFT HAS 'RUDDER PEDAL STEERING' MEL'ED. FLT CREW; DURING APCH TO LNDG HAS FAILURE OF THE ILS RECEIVER ON THE CAPT'S SIDE. FO'S ILS SYS WORKS; FLT CREW ELECTS TO HAVE THE FO FLY THE APCH COUPLED AND THE CAPT TAKES CTL BELOW 80 KTS IN ORDER TO STEER THE ACFT.

Narrative

SOME MEL'S ON THE ACFT; ONE WAS THE ANTISKID AND THE OTHER WAS RUDDER PEDAL STEERING INOP. WITH THE RUDDER PEDDLE STEERING INOP; THE CAPT HAS TO DO ALL TKOF AND LNDG DUE TO STEERING ON THE GND WITH TILLER ONLY (BELOW 80 KTS). BEFORE DEP; WE CHKED TO MAKE SURE ALL MEL'S WERE COMPLIED WITH. AS WE APCHED MCO; WE NOTICED FO'S WAS STARTING TO SET IN. WE SET UP AND BRIEFED THE ILS APCH EXPECTED AND CONTINUED. WHILE ON DOWNWIND; OUR RWY WAS CHANGED; SO WE RESET UP AND BRIEFED THE NEW APCH. WX WAS 300 OVER 1 MI 6000+ RVR. WHEN WE TURNED FINAL; I NOTICED NO IDENT FROM ILS AND FLAGS ON MY CDI. THE FO RECEIVED EVERYTHING FINE. I DID A GAR AND REQUESTED ANOTHER RWY THINKING A DIFFERENT FREQ MIGHT WORK. IT DID NOT. MY RECEIVER WAS INOP. NO ARPT CLOSE WAS RPTING ANY BETTER WX. I ELECTED TO LET THE FO AUTOPLT FLY THE APCH AND LAND. I DID NOT WANT TO EXCHANGE CTL ON THE ACFT UNTIL SAFELY ON THE GND DURING ROLLOUT. I ALSO PROGRAMMED THE FMC TO GIVE ME AS MUCH INFO AS I COULD GET FROM MY NAV INSTS WHILE ON THE APCH.

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