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A320 captain reported an unstabilized approach resulted from a higher than normal approach in an effort to avoid wake turbulence.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1672503 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Tower |
| State Reference | CA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 171 Flight Crew Type 497 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Wake Vortex Encounter |
Narrative:
Sfo FMS visual 28R. ATC asked that we slow down and maintain visual with a heavy aircraft on 28L. Our aircraft and the 777 are paired up for the approach. The winds were approximately 250/10 kts; a quartering headwind. Below 1;000 feet; I started to encounter the wake vortices's from the 777. I decided to adjust my approach angle and fly a dot high to avoid these vortices's. That helped. I continued the approach relying on the VASI for guidance. To land in the touchdown zone; my descent rate felt higher than normal and may have exceeded 1;200 FPM.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 Captain reported an unstabilized approach resulted from a higher than normal approach in an effort to avoid wake turbulence.
Narrative: SFO FMS visual 28R. ATC asked that we slow down and maintain visual with a heavy aircraft on 28L. Our aircraft and the 777 are paired up for the approach. The winds were approximately 250/10 kts; a quartering headwind. Below 1;000 feet; I started to encounter the wake vortices's from the 777. I decided to adjust my approach angle and fly a dot high to avoid these vortices's. That helped. I continued the approach relying on the VASI for guidance. To land in the touchdown zone; my descent rate felt higher than normal and may have exceeded 1;200 FPM.
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.