A300 FLC EXECUTES A MISSED APCH AND EXCEEDS FLAP RETRACTION SPD.

Date: 2002-10 · Aircraft: A300

Anomalies: aircraft-equipment-problem-less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-unstabilized-approach|inflight-event-encounter-cftt-cfit

Synopsis

A300 FLC EXECUTES A MISSED APCH AND EXCEEDS FLAP RETRACTION SPD.

Narrative

VECTORED FOR ILS RWY 14L CGN. ATC DID NOT GET US DOWN TO THE APPROPRIATE GS INTERCEPT ALT. WHEN APCH CLRNC WAS RECEIVED; WE WENT THROUGH THE LOC THEN TURNED R TO REINTERCEPT. AUTOPLT CAPTURED; ALTHOUGH WE WERE ABOVE THE GS. I ADVISED CAPT WE WERE ABOVE GS. HE DISCONNECTED THE AUTOPLT AND USED THE VERT SPD MODE ON THE FLT DIRECTOR TO FLY THE APCH WE DSNDED AT 1000 FPM. NEAR THE MIDDLE MARKER; THE GS BEGAN COMING ALIVE; BUT THEN WE LOST THE GS AND LOC. CAPT EXECUTED A GAR WITH TEXTBOOK PROCS. UPON ESTABLISHING A POSITIVE RATE; I (PNF) CALLED IT AND HE COMMANDED GEAR UP. AT THIS POINT I WAS HEADS DOWN; TALKED TO TWR. TWR SWITCHED ME TO RADAR; THEN WE GOT AN ECAM MASTER WARNING; WHICH I FOCUSED ON. WHEN I SAW THAT THE WARNING WAS FOR A FLAP OVERSPD; I TURNED MY ATTN TO MY PFD. IT DISPLAYED AN OVERSPD MESSAGE; RED ZIPPER AND 20 DEGS PITCH DOWN. I YELLED 'PULL UP;' GRABBED THE CTL WHEEL; AND APPLIED PRESSURE. PRIOR TO ARRESTING OUR RATE OF DSCNT; WE BROKE OUT AND SAW THE ARPT MOMENTARILY BEFORE GOING BACK INTO THE CLOUDS. WE CLBED TO ALT; TOOK CARE OF THE APPROPRIATE CHKLISTS AND RETURNED FOR A FLAPS 20 DEGS ILS TO RWY 14L; TO A NORMAL LNDG. BECAUSE OF THE OVERSPD; THE FLAPS WERE LOCKED AT 20 DEGS. COM WAS DEGRADED BTWN US BECAUSE OF THE WARNING HORN WHICH CAN'T BE CANCELED BY NORMAL MEANS; AND ATC WAS DIFFICULT BTWN THE LANGUAGE BARRIER AND THE WARNING HORN. CAPT FAILED TO FLY THE AIRPLANE. TWR TALKED TO CAPT AFTER LNDG; WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED. HE EXPLAINED AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE A PROB. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: IN A 300-600 TRAINING EMPHASIS SHOULD BE PLACED ON GARS; ACFT UPSETS AND ABNORMALS DURING A GAR/MISSED APCH.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.