ERJ 145 off piste at O’ Hare
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Crosswind, maybe too fast, big-time slippery . . . Doesn't this kinda-sorta look like, "Maybe we should go somewhere else?"
Has anyone confirmed the pax report of a go-around before this landing?
Has anyone confirmed the pax report of a go-around before this landing?
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I'll attach a .zip file with edited audio from LiveATC.net The file will open on a computer but will not open on most tablets or phones.
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The tower controller reported braking medium to poor but the next part sounds like 'up to N3 and N4 paths' or was it 'up the N3 and N4 paths'?
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Is this situation (crap braking reports with good CCs) common?
https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/...-79A_Chg_2.pdf
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Sounds like the latter to me (up the taxiways). Certainly, on it's first approach, the condition was reported as medium. RPB 5/5/5 - is that a pirep? .. of good BA?
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Zeffy, your descriptor of the braking reports should have considered the likely accuracy of the runway report, and the role which pilots have in judging the associated conditions - the big picture.
One weather report indicted 1/8 in of contaminant. That value and less, is termed ‘good’ (for contaminants - not the same as on a dry runway). However, just a small increment deeper than 1/8 could change the runway condition to 3 or even 2.
As much as the ground services might be limited by the measurement and reporting capability, so too piloting interpretations unless the larger picture is considered; think about it.
A pre-landing assessment of runway condition should consider both the reported conditions and lower values as ‘what if’, ‘just in case’, and particularly with a crosswind, likely gusts - taken as a limit.
One weather report indicted 1/8 in of contaminant. That value and less, is termed ‘good’ (for contaminants - not the same as on a dry runway). However, just a small increment deeper than 1/8 could change the runway condition to 3 or even 2.
As much as the ground services might be limited by the measurement and reporting capability, so too piloting interpretations unless the larger picture is considered; think about it.
A pre-landing assessment of runway condition should consider both the reported conditions and lower values as ‘what if’, ‘just in case’, and particularly with a crosswind, likely gusts - taken as a limit.
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Exacerbated by reverse thrust. Why anyone would double down on reverse as the plane slides is beyond me. Those winds and BA should have set off alarm bells.
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Q: why wasn't the airport operating on 4's instead of 9's/10s?
A: Arrival rates (AAR) drop by nearly 2/3.
Pressures induced by "pushing the tin" ATC policies are a factor as well.
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Rwy 4R is closed during construction of the new 9C, so the only non-east/west runway is 4R which is 8075 feet and only CAT I for approaches. Considering arrivals and departures and periodic snow removal issues, ORD would basically shut down if the east/west runways were not available.
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Actually RCC - Runway Condition Codes for each third of the runway. According to a table posted above these represent the runway condition description as reported by the airport operator. I believe this system was put in place in response to Southwest's fatal 737 runway overrrun at MDW in 2005.
There are pages of conditions and qualifiers for these runway numbers in bulletins and ops manuals.
For example:
There are pages of conditions and qualifiers for these runway numbers in bulletins and ops manuals.
For example:
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When I listen to the ATC communications, I hear the tower give the RVR, the 5/5/5, then braking action as medium to poor up until taxiway N3, then something else that I cannot understand(does anyone know what she said?). Isn't 5/5/5 a direct conflict with braking action of medium to poor?
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This incident has exposed what I think could be a major disaster waiting to happen at O'Hare. If the aircraft had been landing on 10C instead of 10L. They would have had their excursion between taxiways P3 and P5. Take a look on Google Earth to see what is located at that position, a major dropoff on an exposed section of an underground roadway that crosses under the runways. It amazes ma that the FAA would approve this and every time I pass by it, I wonder if an airliner will drop into it at some point.
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When I listen to the ATC communications, I hear the tower give the RVR, the 5/5/5, then braking action as medium to poor up until taxiway N3, then something else that I cannot understand(does anyone know what she said?). Isn't 5/5/5 a direct conflict with braking action of medium to poor?
RCAM is more for planning, and when actual reports aren’t available. When an A320 reports medium-poor and you have an event like this, the investigation won’t be kind if you attempt to fall back on the RCAM report.
I have never actually heard a tower controller report the RCAM to an aircraft along with a braking action report. These were, in essence, contradictory. I’m sure this will come up during any inquiry, and is hopefully addressed.
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For those who don’t often operate in these types of conditions, I’ll offer some humble advice. Contaminated runways (even wet) don’t leave the centreline and try to turn off until at taxi speed. It’s not a good feeling to start a turn and realize you don’t have the traction to finish it. Do all the slowing down in a straight line.
I’ve done this in ORD, LGA, BOS among other busy places right down to a crawl if the conditions are bad enough. Then I’ll poke along until the exit. I’ll worry about the guy behind me on a dry runway. Clear me to land on that crud, and I’ll take my time.
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I am not sure if that is part of the circumstances here.
I’ve done this in ORD, LGA, BOS among other busy places right down to a crawl if the conditions are bad enough. Then I’ll poke along until the exit. I’ll worry about the guy behind me on a dry runway. Clear me to land on that crud, and I’ll take my time.
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I am not sure if that is part of the circumstances here.