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A check airman reported the pilot flying had descended well below the visual glide slope on the runway 28 charted visual brijj approach to sfo before being alerted by the pilot not flying. The descent was arrested and the landing completed.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1073107 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201303 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | SFO.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Check Pilot Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
FMS bridge visual [runway] 28. Scattered low clouds. The pilot flying went below visual glide slope with four red showing on the PAPI. The pilot not flying mentioned we were low and the pilot flying slowed the rate of descent.we needed to pay closer attention to visual indications and should have refused a visual in marginal conditions. The crew was debriefed following the incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Check Airman reported the pilot flying had descended well below the visual glide slope on the Runway 28 charted Visual BRIJJ approach to SFO before being alerted by the pilot not flying. The descent was arrested and the landing completed.
Narrative: FMS bridge visual [Runway] 28. Scattered low clouds. The pilot flying went below visual glide slope with four red showing on the PAPI. The pilot not flying mentioned we were low and the pilot flying slowed the rate of descent.We needed to pay closer attention to visual indications and should have refused a visual in marginal conditions. The crew was debriefed following the incident.
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.