A tired flight crew was kept at too high an airspeed by zbaa approach control until near the FAF. Fl...

Attributes
ACN	1007892
Time
Date	201205
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZBAA.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach Initial Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 12000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

We were assigned 200 KTS early in the arrival sequence. The pilot flying believed that ATC would slow him and that the marker displayed on the map was the FAF. Both assumptions were in error; so at glide slope intercept; speed was 200 KTS with flaps 1. Airspeed criteria at FAF and 1;500 ft was not met. Crew went into the 'rapidly correcting' mode. Inside 1;000 ft; calls of 'airspeed' and 'airspeed correcting' were made. At 500 ft; still on lateral and vertical profile; and stabilized approach parameters satisfied; a go around was not required. Landing was on speed in touch down zone.this was a good lesson in CRM skills. Once the error was identified; the entire crew quickly went into the repair and recover mode. There was a post flight debrief in the cockpit; parked at the gate; that continued onto evening hours. Lessons were learned by an experienced; high time crew. I believe fatigue was a major player in this event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A tired flight crew was kept at too high an airspeed by ZBAA Approach Control until near the FAF. Flight crew had to scramble and work together to achieve stabilized approach criteria to avoid having to execute a go around.

Narrative: We were assigned 200 KTS early in the arrival sequence. The pilot flying believed that ATC would slow him and that the marker displayed on the map was the FAF. Both assumptions were in error; so at glide slope intercept; speed was 200 KTS with flaps 1. Airspeed criteria at FAF and 1;500 FT was not met. Crew went into the 'rapidly correcting' mode. Inside 1;000 FT; calls of 'airspeed' and 'airspeed correcting' were made. At 500 FT; still on lateral and vertical profile; and stabilized approach parameters satisfied; a go around was not required. Landing was on speed in touch down zone.This was a good lesson in CRM skills. Once the error was identified; the entire crew quickly went into the repair and recover mode. There was a post flight debrief in the cockpit; parked at the gate; that continued onto evening hours. Lessons were learned by an experienced; high time crew. I believe fatigue was a major player in this event.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

A tired flight crew was kept at too high an airspeed by zbaa approach control until near the FAF. Flight crew had to scramble and work together to achieve stabilized approach criteria to avoid having to execute a go around.