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A319 captain reported having to command a go around to fatigued first officer on an unstabilized approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1671011 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201907 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SAT.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Total 15000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
ATC had been vectoring our aircraft so as to fit other traffic in front of us. After we were clear for the visual approach; we were too high for safe approach in my judgment. The first officer (first officer) said; 'I am going to maneuver the aircraft' and began to south turn. I stated 'no we are not' and 'go around' a soft go around was accomplished. The first officer wanted to hack the approach by south turning from what would be a steep approach. The first officer had been up for 21 hours at this point as he is a commuter who got up at 2am PDT the previous day I think the first officer was tired and just wanted to put it on the ground. His subsequent landing was quite hard. I believe his judgment was affected by fatigue. Ultimately we did the right thing by going around. Unfortunately; I; as the captain had to command it.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A319 Captain reported having to command a go around to fatigued First Officer on an unstabilized approach.
Narrative: ATC had been vectoring our aircraft so as to fit other traffic in front of us. After we were clear for the visual approach; we were too high for safe approach in my judgment. The FO (First Officer) said; 'I am going to maneuver the aircraft' and began to S turn. I stated 'No we are not' and 'Go Around' A Soft Go Around was accomplished. The FO wanted to hack the approach by S turning from what would be a steep approach. The FO had been up for 21 hours at this point as he is a commuter who got up at 2am PDT the previous day I think the FO was tired and just wanted to put it on the ground. His subsequent landing was quite hard. I believe his judgment was affected by fatigue. Ultimately we did the right thing by going around. Unfortunately; I; as the Captain had to command 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.