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Wrong airport approach as first officer misid airport visual signature during a WX avoidance exercise in thunderstorm activity in a night operation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 182066 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199106 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : opf airport : mia |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : mia tracon : ams |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | cruise other cruise other descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 3000 flight time type : 1300 |
| ASRS Report | 182066 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course other |
| Consequence | faa : reviewed incident with flight crew |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
While navigation around thunderstorms IMC we broke out just as the localizer came alive. As we rolled out on the localizer it suddenly slammed full scale left at which time I saw it was not mia but opa. Locka airport. The controller had cleared us for the visibility. My first officer had called airport in sight (wrong one). This has happened before. The localizer frequency must be too close and should be flight tested to see why with ILS 9 left at miami in the navigation receiver the needle comes alive with no off flags showing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: WRONG ARPT APCH AS FO MISID ARPT VISUAL SIGNATURE DURING A WX AVOIDANCE EXERCISE IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IN A NIGHT OPERATION.
Narrative: WHILE NAV AROUND TSTMS IMC WE BROKE OUT JUST AS THE LOC CAME ALIVE. AS WE ROLLED OUT ON THE LOC IT SUDDENLY SLAMMED FULL SCALE L AT WHICH TIME I SAW IT WAS NOT MIA BUT OPA. LOCKA ARPT. THE CTLR HAD CLRED US FOR THE VIS. MY F/O HAD CALLED ARPT IN SIGHT (WRONG ONE). THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE. THE LOC FREQ MUST BE TOO CLOSE AND SHOULD BE FLT TESTED TO SEE WHY WITH ILS 9 L AT MIAMI IN THE NAV RECEIVER THE NEEDLE COMES ALIVE WITH NO OFF FLAGS SHOWING.
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.