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B757 flight crew unable to land as airport closed due to accident on runway. Divert to nearby airport without checking to see if company approved airport for B757.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 340470 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199607 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bos |
| State Reference | MA |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2000 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bos tracon : bur |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : missed approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 340470 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | other other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
ATC facility: bos approach control. Location: ILS runway 33L logan. Missed approach at ILS runway 33L logan below 2000 ft due to cessna dead stick. In right turn told aircraft crashed and logan closed for 30 mins at least, fuel 8000 pounds no alternate filed. Divert to pvd 40 NM away. Cockpit load very high, 4000 ft. Approach plates, tune identify, FMC data, vox to pvd operations of type aircraft ETA hull #, approach control, configure, land safe with 7000 pounds. No time to decide if pvd suitable B757 airport, right on nose straight-in ILS runway 23, loaded up crew. Next airport hartford another 35 NM away and would have involved us overflying perfectly good airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 FLC UNABLE TO LAND AS ARPT CLOSED DUE TO ACCIDENT ON RWY. DIVERT TO NEARBY ARPT WITHOUT CHKING TO SEE IF COMPANY APPROVED ARPT FOR B757.
Narrative: ATC FACILITY: BOS APCH CTL. LOCATION: ILS RWY 33L LOGAN. MISSED APCH AT ILS RWY 33L LOGAN BELOW 2000 FT DUE TO CESSNA DEAD STICK. IN R TURN TOLD ACFT CRASHED AND LOGAN CLOSED FOR 30 MINS AT LEAST, FUEL 8000 LBS NO ALTERNATE FILED. DIVERT TO PVD 40 NM AWAY. COCKPIT LOAD VERY HIGH, 4000 FT. APCH PLATES, TUNE IDENT, FMC DATA, VOX TO PVD OPS OF TYPE ACFT ETA HULL #, APCH CTL, CONFIGURE, LAND SAFE WITH 7000 LBS. NO TIME TO DECIDE IF PVD SUITABLE B757 ARPT, RIGHT ON NOSE STRAIGHT-IN ILS RWY 23, LOADED UP CREW. NEXT ARPT HARTFORD ANOTHER 35 NM AWAY AND WOULD HAVE INVOLVED US OVERFLYING PERFECTLY GOOD ARPT.
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.