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Air carrier flight crew had a challenging approach into difficult airport with malfunctioning flight director and thunderstorm conditions.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1370876 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201607 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Flight Director |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Type 9490 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 160 Flight Crew Total 6525 Flight Crew Type 3643 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
On approach to 25R at around 200 AGL; crew received an egpws alert. Crew re-confirmed configured for landing within stabilized landing criteria and continued approach to a normal touchdown and rollout.approach and landing was conducted in challenging weather and flight conditions that included windshear; continuous turbulence; loss of captain flight directors; and autopilot disconnect. The crew felt the aircraft state was safe to continue to landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew had a challenging approach into difficult airport with malfunctioning flight director and thunderstorm conditions.
Narrative: On approach to 25R at around 200 AGL; crew received an EGPWS alert. Crew re-confirmed configured for landing within stabilized landing criteria and continued approach to a normal touchdown and rollout.Approach and landing was conducted in challenging weather and flight conditions that included windshear; continuous turbulence; loss of Captain flight directors; and Autopilot disconnect. The crew felt the aircraft state was safe to continue to landing.
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.