B737-300 CAPT FLEW AN UNSTABILIZED APCH THAT HAD A SINK RATE OF 1500 FPM AT 100 FT; AND HAD REPEATED GPWS SINK RATE WARNINGS AT PHX.
Synopsis
B737-300 CAPT FLEW AN UNSTABILIZED APCH THAT HAD A SINK RATE OF 1500 FPM AT 100 FT; AND HAD REPEATED GPWS SINK RATE WARNINGS AT PHX.
Narrative
LNDG IN PHOENIX 3 1/2 HRS LATE. VISUAL APCH TO RWY 8. CAPT FLYING APCH. WE ARE CLRED TO LAND BEHIND AN ACR X AIRPLANE AFTER LONG GATE HOLD IN ABQ. ABOUT 5 MI FINAL AND AT 3000 FT MSL; SPD WAS AT 210 KTS. CAPT BEGINS TO CONFIGURE THE ACFT. AFTER GETTING FULLY CONFIGURED; I TELL THE CAPT WE ARE VERY HIGH. THE CAPT STATES 'YEAH; I REALLY STUFFED MYSELF; DIDN'T I. GIVE ME FLAPS 40 DEGS AND COMPUTE THE SPDS.' I DID THIS AND AT 1000 FT AGL; I MADE PROPER CALLS AND SAID SINK RATE. HE CALLED CORRECTING; BUT CONTINUED; NOT REALLY CORRECTING; AND I SAID WE SHOULD GO AROUND. HE SAID 'NAH; I GOT IT; NO PROB.' I CALLED SINK RATE AGAIN; AND AT THAT TIME; GPWS CALLED SINK RATE 3 OR 4 TIMES. I PUT MY R HAND ON THE CTL COLUMN; AND MY L HAND UNDER HIS R HAND ON THE THRUST LEVERS TO INITIATE A GAR. THE ACFT CALLED OUT SINK RATE 3 MORE TIMES; AND THEN WE WERE AT 100 FT AND LANDED ABOUT 1000-1500 FT DOWN THE RWY. THE CAPT LAUGHED THIS OFF; AND I DID NOT QUERY HIM AT THE TIME -- DUE TO FEELING HE WAS UN-APCHABLE AT THIS TIME.
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