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Flight crew mistakes proper aircraft to be following on visual approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 278606 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199407 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : msy |
| State Reference | LA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : msy |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | enroute : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 278606 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far non adherence : required legal separation other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : became reoriented |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 2500 vertical : 500 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were vectored north of the airport due to thunderstorm in the vicinity of the localizer back course to runway 19. We were north of the thunderstorm heading eastbound under a layer of clouds. We were told that we had traffic at the 2 O'clock position for 3 mi. I saw the traffic, and my captain also said that he saw the traffic. We both acknowledge that the traffic was at our 2 O'clock position. At this point the captain told the approach controller that we had traffic in sight. The controller asked if we could follow that traffic. He said we could. We were then told to follow that traffic and that we were cleared for the visual to runway 19. We followed the traffic -- then the controller told us that the traffic would be squaring his base. At that time we saw a boeing 737 off our left side 500 ft below and 1/2 mi away. The controller said that aircraft was our traffic at our 9 O'clock position. They were supposed to be following him. My captain replied no that wasn't our traffic -- our traffic was on final at this point. We had a near miss with a 737. We were not following this aircraft as we were told to follow traffic that had previously been called to us at our 2 O'clock position, not our 9 O'clock position. This was unintentional for we believed that we were in fact following the right traffic.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC MISTAKES PROPER ACFT TO BE FOLLOWING ON VISUAL APCH.
Narrative: WE WERE VECTORED N OF THE ARPT DUE TO TSTM IN THE VICINITY OF THE LOC BC TO RWY 19. WE WERE N OF THE TSTM HEADING EBOUND UNDER A LAYER OF CLOUDS. WE WERE TOLD THAT WE HAD TFC AT THE 2 O'CLOCK POS FOR 3 MI. I SAW THE TFC, AND MY CAPT ALSO SAID THAT HE SAW THE TFC. WE BOTH ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE TFC WAS AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK POS. AT THIS POINT THE CAPT TOLD THE APCH CTLR THAT WE HAD TFC IN SIGHT. THE CTLR ASKED IF WE COULD FOLLOW THAT TFC. HE SAID WE COULD. WE WERE THEN TOLD TO FOLLOW THAT TFC AND THAT WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 19. WE FOLLOWED THE TFC -- THEN THE CTLR TOLD US THAT THE TFC WOULD BE SQUARING HIS BASE. AT THAT TIME WE SAW A BOEING 737 OFF OUR L SIDE 500 FT BELOW AND 1/2 MI AWAY. THE CTLR SAID THAT ACFT WAS OUR TFC AT OUR 9 O'CLOCK POS. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE FOLLOWING HIM. MY CAPT REPLIED NO THAT WASN'T OUR TFC -- OUR TFC WAS ON FINAL AT THIS POINT. WE HAD A NEAR MISS WITH A 737. WE WERE NOT FOLLOWING THIS ACFT AS WE WERE TOLD TO FOLLOW TFC THAT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN CALLED TO US AT OUR 2 O'CLOCK POS, NOT OUR 9 O'CLOCK POS. THIS WAS UNINTENTIONAL FOR WE BELIEVED THAT WE WERE IN FACT FOLLOWING THE RIGHT TFC.
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.