Narrative:

I was pilot flying on a visual approach; this approach was backed up with snowflake. Speed control and everything else was fine during the approach phase; kept right on the snowflake. Just prior to the runway edge I noticed I was slightly above the VASI and promptly corrected. However during flare for landing I missed the touchdown zone and landed a bit past the touchdown zone. I kept following the snowflake all the way to the edge of the runway which kept me a little high above the VASI causing me to miss the touchdown zone. The snowflake is just a guide and the VASI should be used as the primary visual guide during descent. I had not flown in a while; almost 20 days; this was my first visual approach in that many days. I would suggest new crew should be flown on a more regular basis with a shorter downtime period between flying time. We are still learning a new aircraft and for me more flying time is key.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ200 flight crew describes a visual approach by a new First Officer who has not flown in the last three weeks. Configuration changes are not called for but supplied by the Captain and the snowflake' is used exclusively; without regard for the PAPI; resulting in a long landing.

Narrative: I was pilot flying on a visual approach; this approach was backed up with snowflake. Speed control and everything else was fine during the approach phase; kept right on the snowflake. Just prior to the runway edge I noticed I was slightly above the VASI and promptly corrected. However during flare for landing I missed the touchdown zone and landed a bit past the touchdown zone. I kept following the snowflake all the way to the edge of the runway which kept me a little high above the VASI causing me to miss the touchdown zone. The snowflake is just a guide and the VASI should be used as the primary visual guide during descent. I had not flown in a while; almost 20 days; this was my first visual approach in that many days. I would suggest new crew should be flown on a more regular basis with a shorter downtime period between flying time. We are still learning a new aircraft and for me more flying time is key.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.