2007-09 · NASA ASRS report 754844
CVG APCH CTLR EXPERIENCED TWO OPERRORS DURING TRIPLE SIMULTANEOUS APCH PROCS; NOT COMPLYING WITH LCL OPS DIRECTIVES.
RUNNING TRIPLE SIMULTANEOUS ILS APCHS TO CVG. ACFT ON THE CTR RWY (RWY 18C) WAS CLRED FOR HIS APCH TO CROSS OUTER FIX LAMAH AT 7000 FT. THE APCH PLATE SHOWS A XING RESTR AT ANTRI OF 6000 FT. THE ACFT ON THE ILS ARE LOCKING ONTO THE GS AND FLYING IT DOWN. THIS PUTS THE ACFT AT 6800 FT OUTSIDE OF LAMAH AND 5800-5700 FT 1/2 MI OUTSIDE OF ANTRI. I WAS VECTORING ACFT TO INTERCEPT THE RWY 18L ILS AT 5000 FT. I WAS ESTABLISHING MY ACFT OUTSIDE OF PHILO. PHILO AND ANTRI ARE ALMOST SIDE-BY-SIDE ON THE FINALS. I WAS CHARGED WITH 2 OPERRORS BECAUSE ON 2 CONSECUTIVE ARRS; MGMNT DETERMINED MY ACFT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED ON AND CLRED FOR THE APCH PRIOR TO LOSING VERT SEPARATION. WHEN IT WAS POINTED OUT TO THE OPS MGR AT CVG THAT THE ACFT WERE DSNDING EARLY ON THE CTR LOC; HE STATED THAT THE PLT DID NOT HAVE TO FOLLOW THE APCH PLATE. THE PLT HAD THE RIGHT TO FOLLOW THE GLIDE PATH AND IGNORE THE XING RESTR. HE STILL FEELS THIS WAY. RUNNING TRIPLE ILS APCHS AT CVG IS AN UNSAFE OP AND WILL RESULT IN MORE OPERRORS AND PLTDEVS AS LONG AS MGMNT WILL DO NOTHING TO RESOLVE THIS DISCREPANCY. UNION TALKED TO ACR X OPS AND THEIR AIRPLANES ARE PROGRAMMED TO FLY THE APCH WITH THE XING RESTRS. HE TALKED TO ACR Y'S OPS; AND THEIR PLANES ARE NOT PROGRAMMED AS SUCH. EVERY ONE OF THEIR PLANES WILL BUST THE XING RESTRS.
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