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B777 flight crew reported approach speed and course procedural errors resulted in an unstable approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1609004 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 221 Flight Crew Total 9413 Flight Crew Type 1639 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 199 Flight Crew Total 14411 Flight Crew Type 3296 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Conflict Airborne Conflict Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Arriving ZZZ in VMC with clearance to expect runway xxc. We requested xxl with ATC and were told to standby. Turning downwind on the [arrival] we were told to maintain current speed (240 knots). We loaded and briefed xxl with the possibility we might have to land xxc. When we were given a vector to base the captain queried ATC about xxl and we were told unable. Xxc was then loaded and ATC followed closely with a vector to final and a visual approach clearance. I armed the approach. We were still at 240 knots. It became immediately obvious that the automation was going to overshoot; so I disengaged the autopilot and increased the bank angle and also gave a slight increase in power due to the steeper bank angle. We overshot the extended centerline significantly and encroached on the arrival path for xxl. We got a momentary TCAS descend RA with traffic arriving xxl that we had visual contact with. After recovering onto the final approach course it became a high workload event to configure for landing. We were configured and stable at the 500 foot gate; but it was very busy with a high potential for errors. A better course of action would have been to go around.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B777 flight crew reported approach speed and course procedural errors resulted in an unstable approach.
Narrative: Arriving ZZZ in VMC with clearance to expect Runway XXC. We requested XXL with ATC and were told to standby. Turning downwind on the [arrival] we were told to maintain current speed (240 knots). We loaded and briefed XXL with the possibility we might have to land XXC. When we were given a vector to base the Captain queried ATC about XXL and we were told unable. XXC was then loaded and ATC followed closely with a vector to final and a visual approach clearance. I armed the approach. We were still at 240 knots. It became immediately obvious that the automation was going to overshoot; so I disengaged the autopilot and increased the bank angle and also gave a slight increase in power due to the steeper bank angle. We overshot the extended centerline significantly and encroached on the arrival path for XXL. We got a momentary TCAS descend RA with traffic arriving XXL that we had visual contact with. After recovering onto the final approach course it became a high workload event to configure for landing. We were configured and stable at the 500 foot gate; but it was very busy with a high potential for errors. A better course of action would have been to go around.
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.