DESTABILIZED APCH IN A NIGHT OP IN AN ACR WDB.
Synopsis
DESTABILIZED APCH IN A NIGHT OP IN AN ACR WDB.
Narrative
I HAVE BEEN FLYING DC9/MD80 ACFT FOR THE PREVIOUS 9 MONTHS. I WENT THROUGH A REQUALIFICATION ON THE 767 CONSISTING OF A SIMULATOR PC CHK AND A 1 LEG LINE CHK. THE LINE CHK WAS A NIGHT LNDG AT SFO. THE DSCNT INTO SFO WAS DOWN A GS FROM ABOUT 30 MI OUT. ON MY SECOND LEG BACK ON THE 767; I WAS GOING INTO BOS IN VISUAL DAYTIME CONDITIONS. THERE WAS AN FAA ACR OPS INSPECTOR RIDING IN THE JUMP SEAT. I WAS LNDG ON 4R AND WAS TURNED ONTO A R DOWN WIND. I WAS TURNED TO XWIND ABOUT 4 MI FROM THE MARKER AT 4000 FT. THERE WAS A COMMUTER LNDG ON 4L AND HE WAS POINTED OUT TO US. WE COULD NOT SEE HIM OFF MY L BECAUSE OF THE R TURN. WE COULD NOT GET LOWER AND WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 190 KTS AND THEN CLRED TO INTERCEPT THE LOC. I WAS AGAIN TOLD TO MAINTAIN '190 KTS FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE. I WAS THEN CLRED FOR VISUAL AFTER RPTING THE ARPT IN SIGHT AND WAS TOLD TO MAINTAIN 170 KTS UNTIL A 5 MI FINAL. THE PROB BY NOW HAD FORMED. I WAS HIGH AND FAST IN AN AIRPLANE THAT IS VERY CLEAN AND DIFFICULT TO GO DOWN AND SLOW DOWN. I SLOWED TO 30 DEGS FLAP SPD OF 162 KTS AND DSNDED IN GEAR DOWN; FLAPS 30 DEGS CONFIGN AT 162 KTS. FROM ABOUT 4000 FT UNTIL I RETURNED TO THE GS AT APPROX 600 FT AGL. I WAS ON GS; IN A STABLE IN-TRIM CONDITION WITH THE VSI OF LESS THAN 1000 FPM SINK RATE BY 500 FT AGL. BUT I WAS AT A SPD OF BUG PLUS 25 KTS. WITH THE SPD DECREASING ONLY SLIGHTLY; I ESTIMATE CROSSING THE THRESHOLD AT BUG PLUS 15-20 KTS. I LANDED SMOOTHLY IN THE TOUCHDOWN AREA AND WAS ABLE TO TURN OFF WELL BEFORE THE RWY END WITH NORMAL BRAKING. THIS APCH WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN A PROB IN THE DC9 ACFT. BECAUSE OF MY LACK OF RECENT FLYING IN THIS TYPE OF ACFT; I SHOULD NOT HAVE LET APCH CTL PUT ME INTO THIS POS. MY FUTURE CONSIDERATIONS: WHAT I PERCEIVED VISUALLY FROM FLYING THE DC9 TYPE OF AIRPLANES INFLUENCED MY DECISION TO CONTINUE THIS VISUAL APCH IN A HIGH AND FAST CONFIGN. I DO NOT FEEL A ONE LEG LINE CHK AT NIGHT IS SUFFICIENT AFTER NOT FLYING THIS VERY DIFFERENT TYPE OF ACFT FOR OVER 9 MONTHS. I WILL BE MORE AWARE OF BEING CAUGHT HIGH BECAUSE OF THE NECESSITY OF SEEING OTHER ACFT BEFORE BEING ALLOWED TO DSND WHEN MAKING VISUAL APCHS. I WILL REFUSE TO COMPLY WITH APCH CTLS REQUEST FOR SPEEDS THAT MAKE THESE TYPES OF APCHS DIFFICULT BECAUSE OF THE FLAP SPEEDS OF THIS ACFT. IF I AM NOT ON THE GS WHEN I PASS THE OM WHEN I HAVE A FA INSPECTOR IN THE JUMP SEAT; I WILL REQUEST A 360 DEG TURN OR MAKE A MISSED APCH.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.