<< >> NASA ASRS Report 424240, December 1998

ATCT tower controller instructed the flight crew of a DC9-50 to go around due to slowing traffic ahead on an ILS approach.

Attributes
ACN	424240
Time
Date	199812
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	msl bound lower : 1800 msl bound upper : 1800
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : msp
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 50
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : cfi
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 13900 flight time type : 3800
ASRS Report	424240
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Go around at 1800 ft MSL on ILS runway 8L atl. On ILS runway 8L approach to atl, at approximately 1800 ft MSL, atl tower told us to go around due to traffic ahead of us had slowed, and we were at our minimum approach speed of 139 KTS and ATC tower said this wasn't going to work (assuming the aircraft had slowed too much ahead of us) and atl tower probably didn't have the separation they needed. So they gave us go around instructions and we came back around for the approach to runway 8L again, and landed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ATCT TWR CTLR INSTRUCTED THE FLC OF A DC9-50 TO GO AROUND DUE TO SLOWING TFC AHEAD ON AN ILS APCH.

Narrative: GAR AT 1800 FT MSL ON ILS RWY 8L ATL. ON ILS RWY 8L APCH TO ATL, AT APPROX 1800 FT MSL, ATL TWR TOLD US TO GO AROUND DUE TO TFC AHEAD OF US HAD SLOWED, AND WE WERE AT OUR MINIMUM APCH SPD OF 139 KTS AND ATC TWR SAID THIS WASN'T GOING TO WORK (ASSUMING THE ACFT HAD SLOWED TOO MUCH AHEAD OF US) AND ATL TWR PROBABLY DIDN'T HAVE THE SEPARATION THEY NEEDED. SO THEY GAVE US GAR INSTRUCTIONS AND WE CAME BACK AROUND FOR THE APCH TO RWY 8L AGAIN, AND LANDED.

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.