B757-200 CREW MADE GAR IN SNA.

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GAR ON GND. MAKING FINAL APCH TO SNA IN NIGHT VISUAL CONDITIONS WE ENCOUNTERED 20 KT TAILWIND AT 2500 AGL WITH RPTED TWR WIND OF 6 KT TAIL. TOUCHDOWN WAS LONG AND HOT; +40 KTS; I ORDERED A GAR UPON REALIZING WE WERE IN A DANGEROUS SIT. WE EXECUTED THE GAR AND RETURNED FOR LNDG IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION; N. UPON REFLECTION I WOULD SAY I WAS REMISS IN NOT ORDERING A GAR SOONER. NOT BEING IN-THE-SLOT IS A VERY BAD START TO A LNDG. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 491270: WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH RWY 19R AT SNA THEN SUBSEQUENTLY CLRED TO LAND ON RWY 19R. WE WERE ON THE VNAV PROFILE FOR RWY 19R; BUT AFTER BEING CLRED FOR THE VISUAL AND TURNING TOWARDS THE ARPT WE WERE HIGH FOR THE APCH. AFTER SLOWING THE ACFT DOWN AND CONFIGURING FOR LNDG A 30 KT TAILWIND ALL THE WAY DOWN TO ABOUT 800 FT AGL CAUSED US TO BE EVEN HIGHER AND FAST FOR THE APCH. WE THOUGHT WE COULD MAKE THE LNDG SAFELY; BUT AFTER TOUCHDOWN ON THE RWY IT BECAME VERY EVIDENT THAT TO STOP WOULD REQUIRE MAX BRAKING AND REVERSE THRUST; SO WE INITIATED A GAR AND CAME BACK TO MAKE A NORMAL LNDG ON RWY 1L.