Medium large transport lines up for wrong runway approach on visual approach. Captain and tower realize at same time. First officer then lines up with left instead of right runway.

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Attributes
ACN	205722
Time
Date	199203
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : pit
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 400
ASRS Report	205722
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : returned to intended course or assigned course
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Report destroyed! Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information. Reporter states event occurred at pit. WX clear and a million. Cleared for visual approach 28R. First officer flying. When reporter looked up from checklist first officer was halfway through turn to final and reporter could see he was lining up for runway 32. Controller came on frequency at same time captain was informing first officer, to also inform of wrong runway. First officer turned back to the 28 runways but lined up with left instead right. Captain then took over and made proper approach. Captain states this is a good first officer who just got so mad at himself for making the first mistake that he got frustrated and compounded it with the second mistake.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG LINES UP FOR WRONG RWY APCH ON VISUAL APCH. CAPT AND TWR REALIZE AT SAME TIME. FO THEN LINES UP WITH L INSTEAD OF R RWY.

Narrative: RPT DESTROYED! CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO. RPTR STATES EVENT OCCURRED AT PIT. WX CLR AND A MILLION. CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH 28R. FO FLYING. WHEN RPTR LOOKED UP FROM CHKLIST FO WAS HALFWAY THROUGH TURN TO FINAL AND RPTR COULD SEE HE WAS LINING UP FOR RWY 32. CTLR CAME ON FREQ AT SAME TIME CAPT WAS INFORMING FO, TO ALSO INFORM OF WRONG RWY. FO TURNED BACK TO THE 28 RWYS BUT LINED UP WITH L INSTEAD R. CAPT THEN TOOK OVER AND MADE PROPER APCH. CAPT STATES THIS IS A GOOD FO WHO JUST GOT SO MAD AT HIMSELF FOR MAKING THE FIRST MISTAKE THAT HE GOT FRUSTRATED AND COMPOUNDED IT WITH THE SECOND MISTAKE.

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.