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A330 first officer reported receiving a very tight vector for an approach; resulting in the aircraft becoming low on the glideslope and generating a GPWS warning. A timely correction was made to the glideslope and a successful landing was accomplished.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1417440 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201701 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A330 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
We were given a 90 degree vector direct to [the FAF] about 10 miles from the fix and given a descent to 2;000 feet. We were then cleared for a visual. Turning final the aircraft was well below glide slope and we received a GPWS glide slope warning. Corrections were made to get back on glide slope and the landing was uneventful.poor vectoring by ATC for a heavy aircraft. The crew's familiarity with the approach. We did comment this would be a very close in approach; but visibility was excellent which led the pilot flying (PF) to continue.do not accept poor vector. ATC should not give a heavy aircraft a close in vector for this approach and we; as a crew should not have accepted it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A330 First Officer reported receiving a very tight vector for an approach; resulting in the aircraft becoming low on the glideslope and generating a GPWS warning. A timely correction was made to the glideslope and a successful landing was accomplished.
Narrative: We were given a 90 degree vector direct to [the FAF] about 10 miles from the fix and given a descent to 2;000 feet. We were then cleared for a visual. Turning final the aircraft was well below glide slope and we received a GPWS glide slope warning. Corrections were made to get back on glide slope and the landing was uneventful.Poor vectoring by ATC for a heavy aircraft. The crew's familiarity with the approach. We did comment this would be a very close in approach; but visibility was excellent which led the Pilot Flying (PF) to continue.Do not accept poor vector. ATC should not give a heavy aircraft a close in vector for this approach and we; as a crew should not have accepted it.
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.