Originally Posted by
SeenItAll
The SQ accident at TPE occurred when they were taking off at night into an approaching Typhoon. Lots of rain and wind, not so much visibility. This AC incident at SFO took place in completely clear conditions, although at night. Visibility should not have been an issue.
I agree, the SFO incident where pilots in a 25 year-old glass cockpit plane on a clear night with light winds were unable to correctly execute a published visual approach procedure is very puzzling.
The incident databases have many reports of TCAS alerts, missed restrictions and off-profile descents on this approach. You can flip through some on this NASA site, search for quoted text "FMS Bridge Visual" in the narrative:
https://asrs.arc.nasa.gov/search/database.html
I haven't run across anything yet with lineup on the wrong runway or taxiway. A recurrent theme seems to be the casual sounding ATC clearances to join and descend via the FMS Visual Approach with crew questions over whether the aircraft are actually cleared for the approach.