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An air carrier first officer reported configuring late on an ILS approach ending up high above the glideslope. Aircrew initiated a go-around and landed off of the second approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1314699 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
On the ILS approach I was slow to configure and reduce to final approach speed. We were given a heading to intercept the localizer. I selected navigation and began to reduce speed. The autopilot then flew straight though the localizer with a preview course selected and the correct frequency. Seeing this I attempted to correct the localizer deflection. By the time we were fully corrected on course the glideslope was well below us. I attempted to make corrections and configure but by 1500 feet or so I realized we would not be configured or on speed and in a safe position to land on time. I told this to my captain who then relayed our go around decision to tower and we successfully performed a safe go around complying with all of the towers instructions. As part of his climb out instructions we were given a heading directly away from the airport and told to climb to 5000 feet.after reaching about 8 DME from the airport and still with no sign of vectors back to the ILS approach; we received a check reserve fuel message through the mcdu. I asked the captain about this and as we did not have time to make any calculations for fuel burn we decided to declare min fuel as our projected at landing was 2200; exactly reserve. We told approach about our remaining fuel and souls on board. We received vectors back to final and landed safely via the ILS with 2800 pounds of fuel remaining; well above reserve minimums.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An air carrier First Officer reported configuring late on an ILS approach ending up high above the glideslope. Aircrew initiated a go-around and landed off of the second approach.
Narrative: On the ILS approach I was slow to configure and reduce to final approach speed. We were given a heading to intercept the localizer. I selected NAV and began to reduce speed. The autopilot then flew straight though the localizer with a preview course selected and the correct frequency. Seeing this I attempted to correct the localizer deflection. By the time we were fully corrected on course the glideslope was well below us. I attempted to make corrections and configure but by 1500 feet or so I realized we would not be configured or on speed and in a safe position to land on time. I told this to my captain who then relayed our go around decision to tower and we successfully performed a safe go around complying with all of the towers instructions. As part of his climb out instructions we were given a heading directly away from the airport and told to climb to 5000 feet.After reaching about 8 DME from the airport and still with no sign of vectors back to the ILS approach; we received a check reserve fuel message through the MCDU. I asked the captain about this and as we did not have time to make any calculations for fuel burn we decided to declare min fuel as our projected at landing was 2200; exactly reserve. We told approach about our remaining fuel and souls on board. We received vectors back to final and landed safely via the ILS with 2800 pounds of fuel remaining; well above reserve minimums.
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.