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Flight crew of a B737 turned and lined up with the wrong airport and noticed mistake about the same time approach controller intervened and redirected their heading back to the intended airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 432500 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199903 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bdl.airport |
| State Reference | CT |
| Altitude | msl single value : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : bdl.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude |
| Route In Use | approach : visual arrival : on vectors |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 14100 flight time type : 6000 |
| ASRS Report | 432500 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other anomaly other other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : provided flight assist flight crew : became reoriented flight crew : returned to intended course |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We were being vectored by bdl approach control for an approach to bdl. We were on an approximately heading of 150 degrees descending to 3000 ft about 10-12 mi north of bdl. We were cleared for the visual approach to runway 33 (winds were 330 degrees at 15 KTS). We initially mistook westover AFB for bdl and started a left turn toward westover. As we began the turn, we simultaneously realized our position as bdl tower advised us to turn to a 180 degree heading to put us on a right base for runway 33 at bdl. We turned toward the 180 degree heading, entered the base, and landed at bdl uneventfully. We were not receiving the bdl VOR (109.0) at the time and it was just as I placed bdl in the fix page of FMS that we realized our current position. My normal practice and my recommended technique is to have the airport identify on the fix page from at least 30 mi from the field.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A B737 TURNED AND LINED UP WITH THE WRONG ARPT AND NOTICED MISTAKE ABOUT THE SAME TIME APCH CTLR INTERVENED AND REDIRECTED THEIR HDG BACK TO THE INTENDED ARPT.
Narrative: WE WERE BEING VECTORED BY BDL APCH CTL FOR AN APCH TO BDL. WE WERE ON AN APPROX HDG OF 150 DEGS DSNDING TO 3000 FT ABOUT 10-12 MI N OF BDL. WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 33 (WINDS WERE 330 DEGS AT 15 KTS). WE INITIALLY MISTOOK WESTOVER AFB FOR BDL AND STARTED A L TURN TOWARD WESTOVER. AS WE BEGAN THE TURN, WE SIMULTANEOUSLY REALIZED OUR POS AS BDL TWR ADVISED US TO TURN TO A 180 DEG HDG TO PUT US ON A R BASE FOR RWY 33 AT BDL. WE TURNED TOWARD THE 180 DEG HDG, ENTERED THE BASE, AND LANDED AT BDL UNEVENTFULLY. WE WERE NOT RECEIVING THE BDL VOR (109.0) AT THE TIME AND IT WAS JUST AS I PLACED BDL IN THE FIX PAGE OF FMS THAT WE REALIZED OUR CURRENT POS. MY NORMAL PRACTICE AND MY RECOMMENDED TECHNIQUE IS TO HAVE THE ARPT IDENT ON THE FIX PAGE FROM AT LEAST 30 MI FROM THE FIELD.
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.