CRJ200 captain reported flying the localizer DME (back crs)-B as a straight in approach; descending ...

Attributes
ACN	1319979
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	MFR.Airport
State Reference	OR
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER/LR (CRJ200)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

We were cleared the localizer back course to mfr we flew the approach fine however; we flew it as a straight in; and looking over it now see that it is not intended to be; we were not textbook stabilized after the FAF due to the high descent angle of the approach. I had flown with captains that flew this approach in this manner. (Please don't take that as an excuse; I'm just saying others are making the same mistake I did.) in the future I will not fly this approach as a straight in. I should have gone missed and returned on the ILS.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 Captain reported flying the LOC DME (BACK CRS)-B as a straight in approach; descending 6;000 feet from the FAF in 9 NM. The approach is designed to be a circle to land only approach.

Narrative: We were cleared the LOC back course to MFR we flew the approach fine however; we flew it as a straight in; and looking over it now see that it is not intended to be; we were not textbook stabilized after the FAF due to the high descent angle of the approach. I had flown with Captains that flew this approach in this manner. (Please don't take that as an excuse; I'm just saying others are making the same mistake I did.) In the future I will not fly this approach as a straight in. I should have gone missed and returned on the ILS.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.

CRJ200 captain reported flying the localizer DME (back crs)-B as a straight in approach; descending 6;000 feet from the FAF in 9 NM. The approach is designed to be a circle to land only approach.