TWO ACR ACFT MAKE SIMULTANEOUS VISUAL APCHES TO INTERSECTING RWYS AT UNCONTROLLED ARPT.

1988-10 · NASA ASRS report 96437

Date: 1988-10 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng · Phase: approach

Anomalies: conflict-airborne-conflict|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance

Synopsis

TWO ACR ACFT MAKE SIMULTANEOUS VISUAL APCHES TO INTERSECTING RWYS AT UNCONTROLLED ARPT.

Narrative

LET ME APOLOGIZE IN ADVANCE AS I AM WRITING THIS REPORT BASED ON A MEMO LEFT IN MY MAIL FILE 10 FRI 88 STATING; 'COMPLAINT FILED BY FAA' RE INCIDENT ON OCT TUE HEAD TO HEAD WITH MDT; BOTH WENT AROUND.' PERSONALLY I FEEL FROM OUR STANDPOINT; THERE WAS NO INCIDENT WORTH MENTIONING; HOWEVER; I WILL EXPLAIN WHAT OCCURRED THAT I FEEL MAY HAVE GENERATED THIS COMPLAINT. ON OCT TUE 1988 I WAS GIVING INITIAL LINE TRNING TO A NEW F/O. WE WERE ON AN IFR FLT PLAN FROM PDX TO PSC AND BEING CTLED BY ZSE. WE WERE APPROX 10 MI FROM PASCO AND THERE WAS ALSO AN ACR B FLT ON OUR FREQ WHOSE DEST WAS ALSO PSC. THE CENTER TOLD ACR B OF OUR POS AND ACR B TOLD THE CTLR THAT THEY HAD US IN SIGHT. THE CENTER CTLR THEN VERY CLEARLY TOLD ACR B TO FOLLOW US TO THE ARPT AND ACR B ACKNOWLEDGED. AT APPROX 5 MI FROM THE ARPT; WE RPTED THE FIELD IN SIGHT AND THAT WE WOULD BE USING RWY 21R (DUE TO LATENESS PASCO TWR WAS CLOSED). CENTER CLRED US FOR A VISUAL APCH TO THE PASCO ARPT. WE MADE RIGHT TFC TO RWY 21R. (NOTE. THIS IS THE ONLY RWY EQUIPPED WITH AN ILS.) TURNING RIGHT BASE WE NOTICED ACR B LINED UP FOR A STRAIGHT IN APCH TO RWY 12. AT THIS POINT THERE WAS APPROX 5-7 MI BTWN US. WHEN WE MADE OUR TURN TO FINAL; WE OBSERVED ACR B MAKING A MISSED APCH. WE CONTINUED OUR APCH TO LNDG WHICH WAS NORMAL AND UNEVENTFUL. I FEEL THAT THE ONLY CAUSE FOR ACR B'S GO AROUND WAS DUE TO THEIR NON COMPLIANCE WITH CENTER'S INSTRUCTION TO FOLLOW US. PLEASE NOTE ALSO; THERE WAS NEVER A HEAD TO HEAD SITUATION AND BOTH ACFT DID NOT GO AROUND.

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

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