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Reported situation of reporter's aircraft reacting to a TCASII RA to climb after the aircraft overshot the final for runway 26 and conflicted with visually sighted traffic for runway 27. No reported loss of separation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 387145 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199711 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : iah |
| State Reference | TX |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 2000 msl bound upper : 2400 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : iah |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-500 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | other : unknown |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | arrival other |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 4000 flight time type : 2500 |
| ASRS Report | 387145 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 2900 |
| ASRS Report | 387340 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance flight crew : took evasive action |
| Consequence | Other |
| Miss Distance | horizontal : 3000 vertical : 1000 |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Inbound to iah on the coast arrival landing runway 26. Called field in sight. Approach clears us for visual and reports traffic at 2 O'clock. We call traffic in sight and start our right turn for the crosswind leg. We noticed traffic at our 9 O'clock position. Captain flying is concerned and shallows out bank and begins to level off. We get an RA alert to climb, which we do. We now have proceeded over to parallel runway 27. We are not sure if the RA traffic is landing runway 26 or runway 27. ATC vectors us to land on runway 27. I believe the contributing factors were: night flying, visual approach, and a moderate east wind. I believe the wind caused us to begin a crosswind turn too close to the runway 26 approach course. The captain was performing a visual approach at night with the airport on the opposite side from him. I believe it would be better to let ATC vector us to an intercept heading before executing a visual approach at night with simultaneous lndgs occurring.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: RPTED SIT OF RPTR'S ACFT REACTING TO A TCASII RA TO CLB AFTER THE ACFT OVERSHOT THE FINAL FOR RWY 26 AND CONFLICTED WITH VISUALLY SIGHTED TFC FOR RWY 27. NO RPTED LOSS OF SEPARATION.
Narrative: INBOUND TO IAH ON THE COAST ARR LNDG RWY 26. CALLED FIELD IN SIGHT. APCH CLRS US FOR VISUAL AND RPTS TFC AT 2 O'CLOCK. WE CALL TFC IN SIGHT AND START OUR R TURN FOR THE XWIND LEG. WE NOTICED TFC AT OUR 9 O'CLOCK POS. CAPT FLYING IS CONCERNED AND SHALLOWS OUT BANK AND BEGINS TO LEVEL OFF. WE GET AN RA ALERT TO CLB, WHICH WE DO. WE NOW HAVE PROCEEDED OVER TO PARALLEL RWY 27. WE ARE NOT SURE IF THE RA TFC IS LNDG RWY 26 OR RWY 27. ATC VECTORS US TO LAND ON RWY 27. I BELIEVE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS WERE: NIGHT FLYING, VISUAL APCH, AND A MODERATE E WIND. I BELIEVE THE WIND CAUSED US TO BEGIN A XWIND TURN TOO CLOSE TO THE RWY 26 APCH COURSE. THE CAPT WAS PERFORMING A VISUAL APCH AT NIGHT WITH THE ARPT ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE FROM HIM. I BELIEVE IT WOULD BE BETTER TO LET ATC VECTOR US TO AN INTERCEPT HDG BEFORE EXECUTING A VISUAL APCH AT NIGHT WITH SIMULTANEOUS LNDGS OCCURRING.
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.