A B757 on the lax civet SID with a tailwind was given a runway change from 25L to 24R just prior to rustt but could not turn fast enough to acquire the localizer.

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Attributes
ACN	763417
Time
Date	200711
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax.airport
State Reference	CA
Altitude	msl single value : 19000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sct.tracon
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach
Route In Use	arrival star : civet
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	763417
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	763435
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : clearance non adherence : published procedure other spatial deviation
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	controller : issued new clearance flight crew : returned to intended or assigned course
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Weather ATC Human Performance
Primary Problem	Weather

Narrative:

Between gramm and rustt on the civet arrival to lax we were given a clearance to descend via the civet arrival to runway 24R vice the previous clearance on the same arrival to runway 25L because of traffic. First officer was tuning in the ILS for runway 24R. The route was activated and executed after the aircraft was selected to the current heading. I was line selecting the pgs transition fix of civet into the box and started a heading select turn in the direction of civet seeing that our ground speed was around 340 KTS due to the quartering tailwind at altitude to aid in the clearance compliance. LNAV was selected and was not turning fast enough to get to civet to the needs of approach control. We were south of course. We were then given a vector of 260 degree heading to intercept the localizer and a descent with various speed and altitude changes for the duration of the approach to a visual to runway 24R.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757 ON THE LAX CIVET SID WITH A TAILWIND WAS GIVEN A RWY CHANGE FROM 25L TO 24R JUST PRIOR TO RUSTT BUT COULD NOT TURN FAST ENOUGH TO ACQUIRE THE LOC.

Narrative: BTWN GRAMM AND RUSTT ON THE CIVET ARR TO LAX WE WERE GIVEN A CLRNC TO DSND VIA THE CIVET ARR TO RWY 24R VICE THE PREVIOUS CLRNC ON THE SAME ARR TO RWY 25L BECAUSE OF TFC. FO WAS TUNING IN THE ILS FOR RWY 24R. THE RTE WAS ACTIVATED AND EXECUTED AFTER THE ACFT WAS SELECTED TO THE CURRENT HDG. I WAS LINE SELECTING THE PGS TRANSITION FIX OF CIVET INTO THE BOX AND STARTED A HDG SELECT TURN IN THE DIRECTION OF CIVET SEEING THAT OUR GND SPD WAS AROUND 340 KTS DUE TO THE QUARTERING TAILWIND AT ALT TO AID IN THE CLRNC COMPLIANCE. LNAV WAS SELECTED AND WAS NOT TURNING FAST ENOUGH TO GET TO CIVET TO THE NEEDS OF APCH CTL. WE WERE S OF COURSE. WE WERE THEN GIVEN A VECTOR OF 260 DEG HDG TO INTERCEPT THE LOC AND A DSCNT WITH VARIOUS SPD AND ALT CHANGES FOR THE DURATION OF THE APCH TO A VISUAL TO RWY 24R.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.