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B737 flight crew reported losing visual contact with the runway after entering a rain shower on final during a visual approach to atl.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1280823 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201507 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ATL.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 229 Flight Crew Type 8988 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 181 Flight Crew Type 6000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Clearance Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
We were cleared the visual approach to runway 28. There was a rain shower on final. The first officer was flying and had the runway and airfield in sight. We could see through the rain shower and were cleared to follow the preceding aircraft; which we had in sight; they were also cleared the visual. At approximately a six mile final we entered the rain shower and lost sight of the runway momentarily. The aircraft was stabilized and coupled to the approach mode of the autopilot. In the time it took to realize this fact we were in the clear and had the runway in sight. The aircraft and approach were stabilized and the rest of the approach and landing were completed uneventfully.in the future when dealing with questionable weather; I will request the instrument approach if there is any possibility of being unable to comply with visual flight rules. In addition; I will make the request early during the approach as the radios were quite congested; and I was unable to query the controller about the preceding aircraft's ability to keep the runway in sight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737 flight crew reported losing visual contact with the runway after entering a rain shower on final during a visual approach to ATL.
Narrative: We were cleared the visual approach to Runway 28. There was a rain shower on final. The FO was flying and had the runway and airfield in sight. We could see through the rain shower and were cleared to follow the preceding aircraft; which we had in sight; they were also cleared the visual. At approximately a six mile final we entered the rain shower and lost sight of the runway momentarily. The aircraft was stabilized and coupled to the approach mode of the autopilot. In the time it took to realize this fact we were in the clear and had the runway in sight. The aircraft and approach were stabilized and the rest of the approach and landing were completed uneventfully.In the future when dealing with questionable weather; I will request the instrument approach if there is any possibility of being unable to comply with visual flight rules. In addition; I will make the request early during the approach as the radios were quite congested; and I was unable to query the Controller about the preceding aircraft's ability to keep the runway in sight.
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.