<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1758500, August 2020

Air carrier captain reported a speed deviation on landing and attributes the error to being distracted as they looked for birds pointed out by ATC.

Attributes
ACN	1758500
Time
Date	202008
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Direct
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Speed All Types

Narrative:

After landing we realized we had landed at 150 knots when approach speed was supposed to be 136. 150 knots was our clearance to the final approach fix. We were distracted looking for birds the controller told us were at our approach end. This was my second flight after not flying in three months.at 500 feet instead of saying stabilize clear to land should have verified approach speed bugged and actually flying.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported a speed deviation on landing and attributes the error to being distracted as they looked for birds pointed out by ATC.

Narrative: After landing we realized we had landed at 150 knots when approach speed was supposed to be 136. 150 knots was our clearance to the final approach fix. We were distracted looking for birds the Controller told us were at our approach end. This was my second flight after not flying in three months.At 500 feet instead of saying stabilize clear to land should have verified approach speed bugged and actually flying.

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.