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Flight Crew Took Evasive Action; Flight Crew Overcame Equipment Problem
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I was the Captain and Pilot Flying (PF) for Aircraft X from ZZZ to Richmond (RIC) on November XX; 2020; and observed the following. During cruise flight my First Officer and Pilot Monitoring (PM) alerted me that the last time (back in July) that she flew into RIC the airplane caught a false localizer signal and turned no where near the centerline of the respective runway. Having reviewed the Weather Briefing Package; I determined that RIC would be landing to the north; and elected to load the Runway 34 ILS approach. I confirmed all the waypoints with my PM and set up accordingly. I hard tuned the localizer frequency of 110.7; set the approach course of 337 degrees; and set the minimums of 370 feet on the Primary Flight Display (PFD). We received a clearance to cross the NEAVL intersection at 11;000 with a speed of 250 knots. We met that restriction; and then got a clearance to proceed to the KAFKA intersection and pilot's discretion to maintain 2;000 feet. That waypoint was loaded and confirmed. We began a descent. About 12 miles from the airport I slowed the aircraft to 210 knots and had selected Flaps 1. We were about 3;000 feet; and I slowed further to 180 knots; with a setting of Flaps 2. We were about 7 miles from the KAFKA waypoint; and confirmed the airport was insight. I began slowing the plane to 160 knots. About 3 miles from KAFKA; and the approach mode in the armed position; the airplane selected the LOC mode on the PFD and began to turn towards Runway 2. I turned the autopilot off; and manually continued to fly towards the KAFKA waypoint to lose more altitude. The airplane was about 2;300 feet; with 1;700 feet selected in the altitude selector. I continued the approach; and we landed safely. My First Officer questioned the Tower as to why this would happen. The Tower stated that both the Runway 34; and Runway 2 localizers were operational. He said that he would inform the staff at the airport.
Captain reported aircraft turned towards wrong runway due to multiple localizers operational simultaniously.