A B737 first officer; pilot flying; for a visual approach to runway 16L at den; experienced repeated...

Attributes
ACN	1235251
Time
Date	201501
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	DEN.Airport
State Reference	CO
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Component
Aircraft Component	Traffic Collision Avoidance System (TCAS)
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 117 Flight Crew Total 2811 Flight Crew Type 2811
Events
Anomaly	Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

While on a first officer flown visual approach to 16 left at den; there was another aircraft on approach to 16 right at the same time. Somewhere around 2500 AGL we got an resolution advisory (RA) to climb due to conflict. We had the other aircraft in sight and decided that climbing would make the situation more unsafe because it was slightly behind and higher than us. We elected to continue the approach because climbing was more unsafe than staying on the glidepath and breaking out to the left would send us across the approach corridor for the other runways. We got the RA 3 times total while flying down final. Each time it said to climb and each time the other aircraft was slightly behind and higher than ours. The aircraft was then landed on 16 left uneventfully.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 First Officer; pilot flying; for a visual approach to Runway 16L at DEN; experienced repeated TCAS RA's with respect to another aircraft flying a visual approach to 16R slight above and behind them.

Narrative: While on a first officer flown visual approach to 16 left at DEN; there was another aircraft on approach to 16 right at the same time. Somewhere around 2500 AGL we got an Resolution Advisory (RA) to climb due to conflict. We had the other aircraft in sight and decided that climbing would make the situation more unsafe because it was slightly behind and higher than us. We elected to continue the approach because climbing was more unsafe than staying on the glidepath and breaking out to the left would send us across the approach corridor for the other runways. We got the RA 3 times total while flying down final. Each time it said to climb and each time the other aircraft was slightly behind and higher than ours. The aircraft was then landed on 16 left uneventfully.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A B737 first officer; pilot flying; for a visual approach to runway 16L at den; experienced repeated TCAS RA's with respect to another aircraft flying a visual approach to 16R slight above and behind them.