DC10 FLT CREW OVERSHOOTS RWY 25L LOC AT LAX ON CAT III APCH.
Synopsis
DC10 FLT CREW OVERSHOOTS RWY 25L LOC AT LAX ON CAT III APCH.
Narrative
WE WERE FLYING MEM-LAX AND ON OUR DEP FROM MEM; FORECAST WX FOR LAX WAS BETTER THAN 2000 FT; 3 MI. ABOUT 40 MI E OF TNP VOR; WE WERE INFORMED OF CAT III WX (RVR = 1000 FT) AND GIVEN A DIFFERENT (AND NEW) ARR; THE 'SEAVU 1' TO ACCOMMODATE LNDG TO THE W (NOT USUAL FOR THIS TIME OF DAY). WE REQUESTED PERMISSION TO 'NOT' FLY THE STEPDOWN FIXES AND JUST DO A 'STRAIGHT' ILS BECAUSE OF THE LOW VISIBILITIES AND THE INCREASED WORKLOAD AND STRESS FOR AN ALREADY EXHAUSTED CREW (WE BEGAN OUR DUTY DAY AT 0150Z = 2020 LCL IN MINNEAPOLIS). WE WERE DENIED; ALSO; ATC REQUESTED WE KEEP 190 KTS TO THE OM! OF COURSE; WE DECLINED; EVEN THOUGH OTHER ACFT WERE RECEIVING AND ACCEPTING THESE CLRNCS! ANYWAY; AS WE TURNED FROM THE POM 098 DEG RADIAL TO INTERCEPT THE LOC TO RWY 25L; WE WERE SLIGHTLY LATE; AND THE AIRPLANE ON AUTOPLT LAGS A BIT; AS A RESULT WE OVERSHOT THE RWY 25L LOC BY ABOUT 1 DOT. ATC CALLED US AND GAVE US A HDG TO INTERCEPT (EVEN THOUGH WE ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHED AN APPROPRIATE INTERCEPT HDG). THE REST OF THE APCH AND LNDG WERE UNEVENTFUL.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.