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Due to WX, fatigue and 'old patterns,' B737 flight crew align with wrong runway while on approach to slc, and are alerted and cleared to land on aligned runway by local controller.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 508220 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200104 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : slc.airport |
| State Reference | UT |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : mdw.tower |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-300 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 508220 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : clearance other spatial deviation |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : issued advisory |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
We lined up to land on the wrong runway. Tower saw our error and cleared us to land on it. Contributing factors: night, WX, ATC congestion, breaking of habit patterns, falling into 'old' information (runway 35 used to be runway 35R), fatigue.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DUE TO WX, FATIGUE AND 'OLD PATTERNS,' B737 FLT CREW ALIGN WITH WRONG RWY WHILE ON APCH TO SLC, AND ARE ALERTED AND CLRED TO LAND ON ALIGNED RWY BY LCL CTLR.
Narrative: WE LINED UP TO LAND ON THE WRONG RWY. TWR SAW OUR ERROR AND CLRED US TO LAND ON IT. CONTRIBUTING FACTORS: NIGHT, WX, ATC CONGESTION, BREAKING OF HABIT PATTERNS, FALLING INTO 'OLD' INFO (RWY 35 USED TO BE RWY 35R), FATIGUE.
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.