A B737 flight crew on a visual to 16R at DEN took avoidance action in accordance with a TCAS RA and elected to continue the approach rather than go-around.
Synopsis
A B737 flight crew on a visual to 16R at DEN took avoidance action in accordance with a TCAS RA and elected to continue the approach rather than go-around.
Narrative
We were cleared for a visual approach to land 16R at DIA and were also advised of Company traffic landing 16L (the company traffic was slightly above and behind us landing the parallel runway) which we did have in sight. At approximately a 3-mile final; we got an RA Warning advising us to descend. We had both the runway and traffic in sight. According to the DEN commercial chart; 'Due to the fact that 16R and 16L are separated by only 2500 feet; there is an increased possibility of TCAS TA's or RA's within 10 NM from the FAF to the FAF for 16L and 16R; especially during periods of high traffic density.' The RA Advisory advised us to descend; which we were already doing; and since we had both the traffic and airport in sight and since we were already in close proximity to the ground and airport; I decided to continue on the glideslope and we landed without further incident. The only thing I might suggest is that when doing parallel approaches to 16L and 16R at DEN that perhaps the transponder not be on TA/RA to prevent a possible dangerous higher than normal rate of descent in close proximity to the ground and airport.
Second reporter narrative
Captain was flying and he had other aircraft in sight. We kept the descent going but did not descend below the glideslope because of the low altitude in relationship to the ground. The RA went away a few seconds later.
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