ACR LGT EXCEEDED FLAP SPEED DURING GO AROUND FROM IAP ILS APCH INTO DCA.
Synopsis
ACR LGT EXCEEDED FLAP SPEED DURING GO AROUND FROM IAP ILS APCH INTO DCA.
Narrative
MAKING ILS TO RWY 36 AT DCA. ATC HAD US TOO HIGH; TOO LONG AND WAS CONCERNED ABOUT US BEING ABLE TO GET DOWN. THEY OFFERED A 360 DEG TURN BUT I FELT WE COULD GET DOWN. THE F/O WAS FLYING AND I BELIEVED HIM TO BE WELL QUALIFIED; BUT INSTEAD OF GOING FOR THE G/S AND THEN SLOWING UP; HE SLOWED UP TOO EARLY AND COULD NEVER CAPTURE THE G/S. RWY WAS USABLE AT AROUND 3 MI AND AT THE MM I TOLD HIM TO GO AROUND AND ATC WAS ADVISED WHEREUPON THEY GAVE ME NEW MISSED APCH PROCS. I ONLY HEARD PART OF THE HDG AND ONLY AFTER 3 OR 4 CALLS WOULD THEY RECONFIRM THE HDG WHICH WAS 270 DEGS. I HAD ONLY HEARD '70' WHICH DIDN'T SOUND RIGHT AT DCA; BUT WHICH COULD BE USED W/O GOING INTO THE PROHIBITED AREA. THIS LATE CHANGE IN PROCS ALONG WITH NO CONFIRMATION ON THE HDG CAUSED ME TO SLIDE OUT OF THE LOOP MOMENTARILY WHILE THE F/O WAS EXECUTING THE MISSED APCH. HE PROGRAMMED THE GO AROUND MODE FOR CLBOUT AND FOR NAVIGATING THE MISSED APCH PROC (STANDARD PROC); BUT DID NOT CALL FOR FLAPS AND GEAR; AND BEING BADLY DISTRACTED I DID NOT PICK UP ON IT IMMEDIATELY THE F/O THEN RETRACTED THE GEAR ON HIS OWN WHICH TURNED ON THE FLAP WARNING HORN MAKING THINGS WORSE WHILE I WAS STILL TRYING TO GET THE CORRECT HDG. AS THINGS GOT SQUARED AWAY (ALMOST); I NOTED A FLAP OVERSPD OF 20 KTS WITH 5 DEG FLAPS. THIS WAS AN LGT WITH ELECTRONIC FLT INSTRUMENTS AND IT TENDS TO BE A 2-M BUSY BOX IN TIMES LIKE THIS. ATC SHOULD NEVER CHANGE PROCS AS A GO AROUND IS BEGUN. THEY WERE VERY COURTEOUS AND CONCERNED; BUT LIKE IN A GCA PROC; THE GO AROUND INSTRUCTIONS SHOULD HAVE BEEN GIVEN BEFORE THE OM IF THEY WERE TO BE CHANGED; NOT WHEN WE WERE PERFORMING WHAT BORDERS ON AN EMER. I DON'T BELIEVE ANY AIRSPACE WAS VIOLATED AS THE F/O WAS FLYING THE COMMAND BARS IN THE GP MODE WHICH SHOULD COMMAND THE PROPER NAV PROC UP THE RIVER; AND THEN DURING THE COURSE OF THE INITIAL CLBOUT I GAVE HIM A 270 DEG HDG AND PROGRAMMED IT INTO THE FLT DIRECTOR.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.