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A questionable short approach was executed by an air carrier captain, with the outcome of the flight uneventful.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 299700 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199503 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : gum |
| State Reference | GU |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 50 agl bound upper : 1000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : gum tower : tus |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 230 flight time total : 7500 flight time type : 3000 |
| ASRS Report | 299700 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Short night flight from saipan to guam at XA00 am, mar/sun/95, air carrier (flight number). The captain flew a downwind entry, and then began a base turn, when abeam the threshold. This resulted in an extremely tight base turn. At 100 ft above touchdown we were still in a turn, to align with the runway. The wings were leveling at 50 ft AGL over the runway. I feel that this kind of stunt flying endangers the passenger and crew unnecessarily.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A QUESTIONABLE SHORT APCH WAS EXECUTED BY AN ACR CAPT, WITH THE OUTCOME OF THE FLT UNEVENTFUL.
Narrative: SHORT NIGHT FLT FROM SAIPAN TO GUAM AT XA00 AM, MAR/SUN/95, ACR (FLT NUMBER). THE CAPT FLEW A DOWNWIND ENTRY, AND THEN BEGAN A BASE TURN, WHEN ABEAM THE THRESHOLD. THIS RESULTED IN AN EXTREMELY TIGHT BASE TURN. AT 100 FT ABOVE TOUCHDOWN WE WERE STILL IN A TURN, TO ALIGN WITH THE RWY. THE WINGS WERE LEVELING AT 50 FT AGL OVER THE RWY. I FEEL THAT THIS KIND OF STUNT FLYING ENDANGERS THE PAX AND CREW UNNECESSARILY.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.