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B727 captain lost visual sight of airport during a visual approach causing an alert from approach controller that they were descending below the MSA and to climb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 527569 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200110 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dtw.airport |
| State Reference | MI |
| Altitude | msl single value : 1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : d21.tracon tracon : cvg.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : multi engine |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 60 flight time total : 3200 flight time type : 30 |
| ASRS Report | 527569 |
| 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 | atc equipment : msaw other controllera |
| Resolutory Action | controller : issued new clearance controller : issued alert |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Environmental Factor Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
The first officer reported that he had the airfield in sight. We were cleared for a visual approach. The captain lost visual of the airport after descending north of the airport. We were instructed to climb and turn northbound for another visual. Factors: highly lighted city area, hard to see runway at night on a visual approach.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 CAPT LOST VISUAL SIGHT OF ARPT DURING A VISUAL APCH CAUSING AN ALERT FROM APCH CTLR THAT THEY WERE DSNDING BELOW THE MSA AND TO CLB.
Narrative: THE FO RPTED THAT HE HAD THE AIRFIELD IN SIGHT. WE WERE CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH. THE CAPT LOST VISUAL OF THE ARPT AFTER DSNDING N OF THE ARPT. WE WERE INSTRUCTED TO CLB AND TURN NBOUND FOR ANOTHER VISUAL. FACTORS: HIGHLY LIGHTED CITY AREA, HARD TO SEE RWY AT NIGHT ON A VISUAL APCH.
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.