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In mvf WX air carrier light transport is told to circle to land at laf. Aircraft had already reached the MDA before the circle to land clearance was given. Several small aircraft in traffic at the time using opposite direction runway from ILS approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 156518 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199008 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : laf |
| State Reference | IN |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1050 msl bound upper : 1050 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : laf |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, High Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | approach : straight in approach : circling |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | general aviation : instructional |
| Make Model Name | Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear |
| Flight Phase | other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 156518 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 5500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | procedure or policy : unspecified |
Narrative:
After being cleared for ILS 10 approach at 1050' tower asked if we had the airport in sight. We reported runway 10 in sight and were told to circle to 28. Tower controller then cleared a single engine small aircraft to land runway 28. He was on a 1/2 mi final. At 1050' we were below legal circling minimums. At 1050' our aircraft confign is for landing, not circling. At an airport with an operating control tower, 2 aircraft are on final for opp ends of the same runway. We were then told traffic was reported 4 mi south of the airport. Upon landing for the traffic, we saw him turning left downwind for 28 less than 1 mi from our position. All of these items are, in my opinion, unsafe at best. The very nature of laf is that many student pilots are operating in the area, making uneducated guesses about their position. A non-radar approach control simply cannot provide the services that a part 121 air carrier needs to operate safely. Get a radar approach facility in laf and in the waiting period. Why can't ZID provide radar service?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IN MVF WX ACR LTT IS TOLD TO CIRCLE TO LAND AT LAF. ACFT HAD ALREADY REACHED THE MDA BEFORE THE CIRCLE TO LAND CLRNC WAS GIVEN. SEVERAL SMA IN TRAFFIC AT THE TIME USING OPPOSITE DIRECTION RWY FROM ILS APCH.
Narrative: AFTER BEING CLRED FOR ILS 10 APCH AT 1050' TWR ASKED IF WE HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT. WE RPTED RWY 10 IN SIGHT AND WERE TOLD TO CIRCLE TO 28. TWR CTLR THEN CLRED A SINGLE ENG SMA TO LAND RWY 28. HE WAS ON A 1/2 MI FINAL. AT 1050' WE WERE BELOW LEGAL CIRCLING MINIMUMS. AT 1050' OUR ACFT CONFIGN IS FOR LNDG, NOT CIRCLING. AT AN ARPT WITH AN OPERATING CTL TWR, 2 ACFT ARE ON FINAL FOR OPP ENDS OF THE SAME RWY. WE WERE THEN TOLD TFC WAS RPTED 4 MI S OF THE ARPT. UPON LNDG FOR THE TFC, WE SAW HIM TURNING LEFT DOWNWIND FOR 28 LESS THAN 1 MI FROM OUR POS. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE, IN MY OPINION, UNSAFE AT BEST. THE VERY NATURE OF LAF IS THAT MANY STUDENT PLTS ARE OPERATING IN THE AREA, MAKING UNEDUCATED GUESSES ABOUT THEIR POS. A NON-RADAR APCH CTL SIMPLY CANNOT PROVIDE THE SVCS THAT A PART 121 ACR NEEDS TO OPERATE SAFELY. GET A RADAR APCH FAC IN LAF AND IN THE WAITING PERIOD. WHY CAN'T ZID PROVIDE RADAR SVC?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.