2006-07 · NASA ASRS report 704668
CMH CTLR DESCRIBED POSSIBLE OPERROR AT 4000 FT WITH MULTIPLE EVENTS AS HE OR SHE WITNESSED SUPVR CTL'S DOWNWIND TOO CLOSE TO THE ILS FINAL.
LAST NIGHT I MAY HAVE WITNESSED 3 OPERRORS IN QUICK SUCCESSION; THAT WENT UNRPTED. I WAS WORKING N RADAR. I OBSERVED FINAL RADAR WORK A BRIEF ARR PUSH; MOSTLY COMPRISED OF ACFT FED FROM S RADAR. 1 ACFT WAS A BONANZA; THE OTHER ACFT WERE ACR AND CPR JETS. FINAL RADAR HAD THE BONANZA ON A FAIRLY TIGHT (LESS THAN 3 MI) L DOWNWIND FOR THE RWY 28 ILS. I DID NOT HEAR ALL OF THIS CTLR'S XMISSIONS (NOR ANY OF THE PLT XMISSIONS); BUT I DID HEAR THE BONANZA INSTRUCTED TO TURN TO A HDG OF 110 DEGS; WHICH WAS MOST LIKELY ISSUED TO INCREASE THE BONANZA'S DISTANCE FROM THE RWY 28L LOC. I RECALL THAT THE WINDS ALOFT WERE 30 OR SO KTS OUT OF THE SW. THE 110 DEG HDG DIDN'T SUFFICIENTLY GET THE BONANZA FAR ENOUGH S OF THE LOC TO PROVIDE STANDARD IFR SEPARATION. I OBSERVED 3 JETS; ALL TRACKING THE RWY 28L LOC INBOUND; PASS THE BONANZA WITH APPROX 2 MI HEAD-ON LATERAL SEPARATION; WITH LESS THAN 1000 FT VERT SEPARATION. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE CTLR WAS UTILIZING VISUAL SEPARATION; BUT I DON'T THINK THAT WAS THE CASE. THE CTLR ON FINAL RADAR WAS A SUPVR. HE WAS MAINTAINING HIS RADAR CURRENCY.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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