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Flight crew of an airbus A300 overshot the localizer during turning inbound for an ILS approach due to forgetting to set the ILS capture on the autoplt.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 492920 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200011 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : lax.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | msl single value : 2000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : lax.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | ils localizer & glide slope : 6r other |
| Flight Phase | descent : intermediate altitude descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : instrument precision |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 492920 |
| 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 | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : localizer other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We had set up for an ILS to runway 7L lax. We were given a vector to intercept ILS for runway 6R and cleared for approach. First officer flying, I tuned ILS and was setting up FMS for runway 6R. We did not arm the runway 6R ILS and flew through the localizer. I noticed we did not capture and manually flew to a new intercept heading. The overshoot was to about the runway 7L localizer. We should have armed the capture mode sooner and I should not have been setting up the FMS.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FLC OF AN AIRBUS A300 OVERSHOT THE LOC DURING TURNING INBOUND FOR AN ILS APCH DUE TO FORGETTING TO SET THE ILS CAPTURE ON THE AUTOPLT.
Narrative: WE HAD SET UP FOR AN ILS TO RWY 7L LAX. WE WERE GIVEN A VECTOR TO INTERCEPT ILS FOR RWY 6R AND CLRED FOR APCH. FO FLYING, I TUNED ILS AND WAS SETTING UP FMS FOR RWY 6R. WE DID NOT ARM THE RWY 6R ILS AND FLEW THROUGH THE LOC. I NOTICED WE DID NOT CAPTURE AND MANUALLY FLEW TO A NEW INTERCEPT HDG. THE OVERSHOOT WAS TO ABOUT THE RWY 7L LOC. WE SHOULD HAVE ARMED THE CAPTURE MODE SOONER AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SETTING UP THE FMS.
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.