B727 CREW EXECUTED A GAR DUE TO AN UNSTABILIZED APCH.
Synopsis
B727 CREW EXECUTED A GAR DUE TO AN UNSTABILIZED APCH.
Narrative
ACFT WAS CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH APPROX 8 MI FROM ARPT. APPROX FLT PATH FOLLOWED LOC TO RWY 6. CAPT (PF) FLEW SLIGHTLY FAST ALL THE WAY DOWN ILS/VISUAL GS. THIS RESULTED IN ACFT BEING OUTSIDE COMPANY FLT OPS MANUAL PARAMETERS AT 500 FT AGL. AT 100-200 FT AGL; COMPANY CHK AIRMAN (RPTR) DIRECTED CAPT TO EXECUTE MISSED APCH DUE TO AIRSPD BEING TOO FAST AND PWR BEING TOO LOW; IE; BUG +30 KTS AT 500 FT; BUG +25 KTS AT 400 FT; BUG +20 KTS AT 300 FT; BUG +15 KTS AT 200 FT; PWR CONSTANT AT 1800 PPH PER ENG. ON GAR; CAPT CLBED ABOVE ATC ASSIGNED GAR ALT; RESULTING IN A DOWNWIND ALT OF 3000 FT MSL (APPROX 2700 FT AGL). THIS WAS FOLLOWED BY A PREMATURE DSCNT DURING TURN TO BASE LEG; CAUSING A BASE LEG THAT WAS TOO LOW AND AT A RELATIVELY HIGH (NOISY) PWR SETTING. CAPT WAS GIVEN UNSATISFACTORY EVALUATION FOR LINE CHK. FO (PNF) WAS NOT FORMALLY EVALUATED DUE TO HAVING BEEN PREVIOUSLY EVALUATED BY SAME CHK AIRMAN APPROX 1 WK PRIOR. FO AND SO WERE THOROUGHLY DEBRIEFED AND CHK AIRMAN FLEW 3 SUBSEQUENT SEGMENTS WITH THEM WITH ABSOLUTELY STANDARDIZED; CORRECT PERFORMANCE.
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