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The flight crew was cleared for a visual by TRACON and then redirected by tower apparently surprised by the reporter's visual.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 333740 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lga |
| State Reference | NY |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 1500 msl bound upper : 1500 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : n90 tower : lga |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 333740 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | ATC Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Inter Facility Coordination Failure |
Narrative:
Cleared for visual approach to runway 22 lga, maintain 2500 ft until turning final. Switched to tower as advised. The tower appeared to be caught off guard and was not ready for us. He turned us back to a heading of 040 degrees. Told us to maintain 2000 ft, we were already at 1500 ft. He questioned our altitude however, told us to maintain our present altitude. We explained that we thought we were complying. Landed uneventfully.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: THE FLC WAS CLRED FOR A VISUAL BY TRACON AND THEN REDIRECTED BY TWR APPARENTLY SURPRISED BY THE RPTR'S VISUAL.
Narrative: CLRED FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 22 LGA, MAINTAIN 2500 FT UNTIL TURNING FINAL. SWITCHED TO TWR AS ADVISED. THE TWR APPEARED TO BE CAUGHT OFF GUARD AND WAS NOT READY FOR US. HE TURNED US BACK TO A HDG OF 040 DEGS. TOLD US TO MAINTAIN 2000 FT, WE WERE ALREADY AT 1500 FT. HE QUESTIONED OUR ALT HOWEVER, TOLD US TO MAINTAIN OUR PRESENT ALT. WE EXPLAINED THAT WE THOUGHT WE WERE COMPLYING. LANDED UNEVENTFULLY.
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.