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B737-700 flight crew reported letting the airspeed get low on a go-around maneuver from an unstabilized approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1350732 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201604 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-700 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | 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 170 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 206 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Approach control vectored us in too close and too high to get properly established on the ILS to runway 27. I was pm; and said to my first officer; 'this isn't going to work by 1000 ft' (we were at 3000 ft MSL and the PF was urgently configuring the flaps to 30 degrees). I told approach control; 'we're going around.' the PF added power; but allowed the nose to pitch up too high; giving us an 'airspeed' vocal warning. I know the PF corrected somewhat; with the pitch; by lowering the nose; but again; the nose pitched up and we got a second airspeed vocal warning. I was moving the flap lever to 15 degrees (I think?) when we got the first airspeed alert. After the second warning; the PF pushed aggressively down on the yoke to get airspeed back. I said 'level off;' with his more aggressive maneuver; which he did (and airspeed was accelerating; now). We got vectors back around for another approach and landed without incident.mishandling on the PF's part of a go-around maneuver; and my own mishandling; as a captain; not to take controls and be ready to help 'coach thru' a dramatic maneuver as a go-around; which is rarely done and unexpected.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-700 flight crew reported letting the airspeed get low on a go-around maneuver from an unstabilized approach.
Narrative: Approach Control vectored us in too close and too high to get properly established on the ILS to Runway 27. I was PM; and said to my F/O; 'this isn't going to work by 1000 ft' (we were at 3000 ft MSL and the PF was urgently configuring the flaps to 30 degrees). I told Approach Control; 'we're going around.' The PF added power; but allowed the nose to pitch up too high; giving us an 'airspeed' vocal warning. I know the PF corrected somewhat; with the pitch; by lowering the nose; but again; the nose pitched up and we got a second airspeed vocal warning. I was moving the flap lever to 15 degrees (I think?) when we got the first airspeed alert. After the second warning; the PF pushed aggressively down on the yoke to get airspeed back. I said 'level off;' with his more aggressive maneuver; which he did (and airspeed was accelerating; now). We got vectors back around for another approach and landed without incident.Mishandling on the PF's part of a go-around maneuver; and my own mishandling; as a Captain; not to take controls and be ready to help 'coach thru' a dramatic maneuver as a go-around; which is rarely done and unexpected.
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.