Narrative:

Flight was on cugar arrival for ILS runway 26 at iah. First officer was fairly new on aircraft and had not called for approach checklist abeam airport, so I did flow and said 'idented' which usually prompts pilot monitoring to initiate approach checklist. I waited another min and said 'idented' again with no answer. I decided to let him see how a late checklist would rush us at last min, but since WX was good I figured it would be a lesson learned. Big mistake! It did end up rushing us on base leg. I was busy with checklist and thought he was doing a direct intercept on FMC, but he did not. And being in a non-EFIS aircraft, there was no map to show us we were not where I thought we were. Also approach on MCP was not selected and we went above glide path before realizing mistake. We then descended to glide path and were stabilized by 1000 ft MSL, but I am not sure if we made the 2000 ft mandatory altitude at n1x1n. I think I will leave the lesson learning to our check airmen. I should have asked the first officer if he was ready for the approach checklist while still on downwind leg, and the above incident would almost surely not have happened.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737 FLT CREW MAY HAVE NOT MET A XING RESTR ON APCH DUE TO NOT RUNNING A CHKLIST IN TIME.

Narrative: FLT WAS ON CUGAR ARR FOR ILS RWY 26 AT IAH. FO WAS FAIRLY NEW ON ACFT AND HAD NOT CALLED FOR APCH CHKLIST ABEAM ARPT, SO I DID FLOW AND SAID 'IDENTED' WHICH USUALLY PROMPTS PLT MONITORING TO INITIATE APCH CHKLIST. I WAITED ANOTHER MIN AND SAID 'IDENTED' AGAIN WITH NO ANSWER. I DECIDED TO LET HIM SEE HOW A LATE CHKLIST WOULD RUSH US AT LAST MIN, BUT SINCE WX WAS GOOD I FIGURED IT WOULD BE A LESSON LEARNED. BIG MISTAKE! IT DID END UP RUSHING US ON BASE LEG. I WAS BUSY WITH CHKLIST AND THOUGHT HE WAS DOING A DIRECT INTERCEPT ON FMC, BUT HE DID NOT. AND BEING IN A NON-EFIS ACFT, THERE WAS NO MAP TO SHOW US WE WERE NOT WHERE I THOUGHT WE WERE. ALSO APCH ON MCP WAS NOT SELECTED AND WE WENT ABOVE GLIDE PATH BEFORE REALIZING MISTAKE. WE THEN DSNDED TO GLIDE PATH AND WERE STABILIZED BY 1000 FT MSL, BUT I AM NOT SURE IF WE MADE THE 2000 FT MANDATORY ALT AT N1X1N. I THINK I WILL LEAVE THE LESSON LEARNING TO OUR CHK AIRMEN. I SHOULD HAVE ASKED THE FO IF HE WAS READY FOR THE APCH CHKLIST WHILE STILL ON DOWNWIND LEG, AND THE ABOVE INCIDENT WOULD ALMOST SURELY NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

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.