AN E190 ON VISUAL APCH TO BNA WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 2L BUT LANDED ON RWY 2C.

Date: 2006-09 · Aircraft: EMB ERJ 190/195 ER/LR · Phase: landing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|ground-incursion-runway

Synopsis

AN E190 ON VISUAL APCH TO BNA WAS CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 2L BUT LANDED ON RWY 2C.

Narrative

IT WAS THE FO'S LEG; VMC CONDITIONS; INBOUND TO NASHVILLE FROM THE NE. WE WERE VECTORED TO A BASE LEG AND TFC WAS POINTED OUT ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 2R. WE CALLED THE ARPT AND TFC IN SIGHT; AND WERE CLRED THE VISUAL TO RWY 2L. THE FO DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND DESELECTED FLT DIRECTORS WHILE MANEUVERING TO LINE UP ON THE RWY TO THE L OF RWY 2R. WE WERE SWITCHED TO TWR AND IMMEDIATELY 'CLRED TO LAND; YOU'RE #1.' I LOOKED AT MY PFD AS HE APCHED THE FINAL COURSE FROM THE R AND SAW A L DEFLECTION OF NEEDLE. IT WAS DEFLECTED TO THE CORRECT SIDE; BUT I HAD A BRIEF THOUGHT THAT THE DEFLECTION WAS TOO BIG FOR THE VISUAL PICTURE. LOOKING BACK OUTSIDE WE WERE LINED UP AND I WATCHED THE APCH CONTINUE. AT 500 FT; I NOTICED A SINGLE LIGHT PAPI ON THE L SIDE OF THE RWY. WE HAD NOT BRIEFED THIS; AND CHKED OUR 2L APCH PLATE AND DID NOT SEE IT DEPICTED. WE COMMENTED ABOUT HOW THE CHARTS HAD ANOTHER ERROR AND CONTINUED TO AN UNEVENTFUL LNDG. AS WE ROLLED OUT; THE FO COMMENTED ALOUD; 'DID WE JUST LAND ON RWY 2C?' WE REALIZED THAT WE HAD LANDED RWY 2C THOUGH CLRED TO LAND RWY 2L. UNFAMILIARITY; I HAD ONLY BEEN TO NASHVILLE ONCE IN THE LAST 12 YRS AND THOUGH WE BRIEFED THE APCH DID NOT IDENT THE THREAT OF 3 RWYS. I DID REVIEW OUR ARPT BRIEFING GUIDE AND THE LAYOUT WAS NOT MENTIONED AS A THREAT. SMYRNA ARPT WAS LISTED AS A THREAT AND WE BRIEFED THIS AND IDENTED THE ARPT DURING OUR ARR. COMPLACENCY -- I HAD A LOT OF FAITH IN THE FO'S KNOWLEDGE/EXPERIENCE AS HE BRIEFED FLYING INTO BNA REPEATEDLY FOR THE LAST 5 YRS. I RELAXED AND WAS ENJOYING HIS ARR WITHOUT REALLY BACKING HIM UP. BRIEFING -- THIS IS PROBABLY THE BIGGEST FACTOR. IF WE HAD IDENTED THE TRUE PICTURE OF THE RWY LAYOUT IN OUR BRIEF; WE WOULD HAVE NOT MADE THIS MISTAKE. WE WERE NOT SURE WHICH RWY TO EXPECT WHEN BRIEFING SO WE MENTIONED IT COULD BE RWY 2R OR RWY 2L. THIS LEFT ME WITH A 2 RWY MINDSET EVEN THOUGH THERE WERE OBVIOUSLY 3 (PLUS 31). ARPT LAYOUT -- THE CTR RWY EXTENDS SEVERAL THOUSAND FT FURTHER S THAN EITHER RWY 2L OR RWY 2R; SO IMMEDIATELY GRABS YOUR VISION WHEN WATCHING (FROM SE OF THE ARPT) AN ACFT LINE UP ON RWY 2R AND THEN SHIFTING YOUR VIEW W FOR RWY 2L. BEING FOCUSED ON THE LNDG ZONE FOR RWY 2C; RWY 2L NEVER COMES INTO VIEW THROUGHOUT THE FINAL APCH BECAUSE IT IS SO FAR N. CHARTS -- WE ARE STILL LEARNING THESE NEW CHARTS; AND WHILE THEY ARE OVERALL PRETTY NICE; HAVE HAD ERRORS IDENTED THAT LOWER CONFIDENCE IN THEM.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.