<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1413272, December 2016

B737-700 flight crew reported that due to changing RVR and runway change; they were unable to reprogram the FMC so ATC gave them vectors for the approach.

Attributes
ACN	1413272
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.TRACON
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 165
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 125 Flight Crew Type 1000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Approach changed runways close in; due to the weather going below CAT III minimums. We had briefed 34L and were changed to 34R. When we got the change I said I will brief it; and he asked if I wanted him to change the runway in the FMC. I said that's fine. As I was getting my 34R chart he said '34R in the box'; and executed it before I could verify what he had done. I looked down and saw a route discontinuity and that we had a little less than a mile before the FMC had no track. I told him to manually put the next point in and verified it. ATC then gave us vectors for the approach due to there not being many aircraft able for CAT III.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737-700 flight crew reported that due to changing RVR and runway change; they were unable to reprogram the FMC so ATC gave them vectors for the approach.

Narrative: Approach changed runways close in; due to the weather going below CAT III minimums. We had briefed 34L and were changed to 34R. When we got the change I said I will brief it; and he asked if I wanted him to change the runway in the FMC. I said that's fine. As I was getting my 34R chart he said '34R in the box'; and executed it before I could verify what he had done. I looked down and saw a route discontinuity and that we had a little less than a mile before the FMC had no track. I told him to manually put the next point in and verified it. ATC then gave us vectors for the approach due to there not being many aircraft able for CAT III.

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.