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B737-700 first officer described a visual approach by the captain that was allowed to get 300 feet low as the aircraft crossed the final approach point. The captain questioned whether the ILS was properly tuned and the first officer informed that he was well below glideslope; just as one 'glideslope' egpws aural warning was annunciated.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1390277 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201609 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 219 Flight Crew Type 3600 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
On visual approach; captain was pilot flying and we were cleared for the visual approach. Captain disengaged autopilot; slowed to approach speed and configured for landing. We crossed the fap below 1500 at 1200 feet and he continued a shallow descent to approximately 850 feet; one mile inside the fap. He then questioned if we had the wrong localizer glideslope frequency set; to which I stated it was tuned correctly and we were well below glideslope; he leveled however we then received one 'glideslope' egpws aural warning. He maintained altitude at that point until establishing on the glideslope. It appeared at first he was solely relying on the visual picture then trying to reference the flight director; which was not providing useful information as we were not on the localizer yet. He corrected to level and we did not go around after the one aural warning.better use of the VNAV path indicator and cross check of the glideslope indicator that was visible. Earlier mention of being low by me as the pilot monitoring.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-700 First Officer described a visual approach by the Captain that was allowed to get 300 feet low as the aircraft crossed the final approach point. The Captain questioned whether the ILS was properly tuned and the First Officer informed that he was well below glideslope; just as one 'Glideslope' EGPWS aural warning was annunciated.
Narrative: On visual approach; Captain was Pilot Flying and we were cleared for the visual approach. Captain disengaged autopilot; slowed to approach speed and configured for landing. We crossed the FAP below 1500 at 1200 feet and he continued a shallow descent to approximately 850 feet; one mile inside the FAP. He then questioned if we had the wrong localizer glideslope frequency set; to which I stated it was tuned correctly and we were well below glideslope; he leveled however we then received one 'glideslope' EGPWS aural warning. He maintained altitude at that point until establishing on the glideslope. It appeared at first he was solely relying on the visual picture then trying to reference the flight director; which was not providing useful information as we were not on the Localizer yet. He corrected to level and we did not go around after the one aural warning.Better use of the VNAV PATH indicator and cross check of the glideslope indicator that was visible. Earlier mention of being low by me as the Pilot Monitoring.
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.