<< >> NASA ASRS Report 439651, June 1999

First officer of an air carrier medium large transport failed to descend for a visual approach resulting in passing the assigned runway centerline. Tower assigned new runway.

Attributes
ACN	439651
Time
Date	199906
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : iah.airport
State Reference	TX
Altitude	msl single value : 5000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : i90.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer only : 6 other vortac
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 16000 flight time type : 150
ASRS Report	439651
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued alert controller : issued new clearance none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flying downwind north of airport at 6000 ft MSL approach controller asked us if we had runway 26 in sight, at houston. We said yes, and were given visual approach runway 26. First officer was flying the visual, we turned base, and I, the PNF, was reading approach checklist and calling the tower for landing instruction. By this time, I looked up out of the window, I saw that we passed runway 26, and were passing runway 27. Going south, the first officer forgot to de-select navigation/VOR localizer and switch to VOR/localizer to capture the localizer. The tower saw us heading south still on base leg and told us to go ahead and land on runway 27. We corrected our action by turing toward the airport (runway 27) and successfully made the landing with no conflict.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF AN ACR MLG FAILED TO DSND FOR A VISUAL APCH RESULTING IN PASSING THE ASSIGNED RWY CTRLINE. TWR ASSIGNED NEW RWY.

Narrative: FLYING DOWNWIND N OF ARPT AT 6000 FT MSL APCH CTLR ASKED US IF WE HAD RWY 26 IN SIGHT, AT HOUSTON. WE SAID YES, AND WERE GIVEN VISUAL APCH RWY 26. FO WAS FLYING THE VISUAL, WE TURNED BASE, AND I, THE PNF, WAS READING APCH CHKLIST AND CALLING THE TWR FOR LNDG INSTRUCTION. BY THIS TIME, I LOOKED UP OUT OF THE WINDOW, I SAW THAT WE PASSED RWY 26, AND WERE PASSING RWY 27. GOING S, THE FO FORGOT TO DE-SELECT NAV/VOR LOC AND SWITCH TO VOR/LOC TO CAPTURE THE LOC. THE TWR SAW US HEADING S STILL ON BASE LEG AND TOLD US TO GO AHEAD AND LAND ON RWY 27. WE CORRECTED OUR ACTION BY TURING TOWARD THE ARPT (RWY 27) AND SUCCESSFULLY MADE THE LNDG WITH NO CONFLICT.

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.