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Flight crew of a gulf stream V was making approach to a new airport under construction until the tower controller intervened and vectored them to the correct airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 490970 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200011 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : mdlr.airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mdlr.tower tower : sfb.tower |
| Operator | general aviation : personal |
| Make Model Name | Gulfstream V |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Navigation In Use | other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 183 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 490970 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : corporate |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Independent Detector | other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued alert controller : provided flight assist flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
New airport under construction less than 2 mi north of active airport with similar runway alignment. Arrival from south to make visual approach. Called airport in sight at 8-10 NM. Cleared for visual. Switched to tower, cleared to land. Checked VNAV -- all appeared. Due to extreme proximity of both runways as VNAV gave turn indication(south) to join runway, both pilots went totally visual, looking for aircraft, birds, etc. At 2 mi from runway, tower advised left 360 degree turn, then right 360 degrees. Commencing right 360 degree turn, both pilots saw active runway to south and landed. No NOTAMS advising of dual/similar runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF A GULF STREAM V WAS MAKING APCH TO A NEW ARPT UNDER CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE TWR CTLR INTERVENED AND VECTORED THEM TO THE CORRECT ARPT.
Narrative: NEW ARPT UNDER CONSTRUCTION LESS THAN 2 MI N OF ACTIVE ARPT WITH SIMILAR RWY ALIGNMENT. ARR FROM S TO MAKE VISUAL APCH. CALLED ARPT IN SIGHT AT 8-10 NM. CLRED FOR VISUAL. SWITCHED TO TWR, CLRED TO LAND. CHKED VNAV -- ALL APPEARED. DUE TO EXTREME PROX OF BOTH RWYS AS VNAV GAVE TURN INDICATION(S) TO JOIN RWY, BOTH PLTS WENT TOTALLY VISUAL, LOOKING FOR ACFT, BIRDS, ETC. AT 2 MI FROM RWY, TWR ADVISED L 360 DEG TURN, THEN R 360 DEGS. COMMENCING R 360 DEG TURN, BOTH PLTS SAW ACTIVE RWY TO S AND LANDED. NO NOTAMS ADVISING OF DUAL/SIMILAR RWY.
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.