Narrative:

It was the first officer (first officer) approach; continually held high on descent into aruba by curacao approach. We asked to slow to approach speed 20-30 miles out of aruba for spacing. So we picked a speed of about 180 knots that far out. We had to keep asking for lower initially from approach; then tower. We were cleared to the ILS 11; 10 DME fix at around 5000 feet. Switched to beatrix tower; and he cleared us direct to the bea VOR instead for additional spacing. Approaching the VOR; he cleared us a right turn; direct to the 10 DME fix; we were about 5000 feet at this point. He was very busy on the radio; we were approaching the fix at a 90 degree angle; so I built a holding pattern as per directives which both the first officer and I reviewed on the flight down. About a mile from the 10 DME fix; tower cleared us to intercept the final and descend to 2000 feet. The first officer asked for gear and flaps 15; and made a left turn to intercept the final localizer course; and eventually called for flaps 40. I believe the autopilot was disconnected at this time. We were in and out of a 'few' deck at this point. The first officer was slow to lower his nose and the power was back; so I noticed he was getting slow. I said 'airspeed'; and he still wasn't lowering the nose enough so it continued to decay. I then directed a 'go-around' as the stick shaker activated; not sure of the speed at this point; and told the first officer to get the power up. He accomplished the go-around; and got out of the shaker. There were some confusing calls with the tower at this point; I think he thought we were continuing the approach; but we finally got through to him that we needed to enter the circuit pattern for another approach which was uneventful.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew reported allowing the aircraft to get slow on approach; to the point of activating the stick shaker.

Narrative: It was the First Officer (FO) approach; continually held high on descent into Aruba by Curacao Approach. We asked to slow to approach speed 20-30 miles out of Aruba for spacing. So we picked a speed of about 180 knots that far out. We had to keep asking for lower initially from Approach; then Tower. We were cleared to the ILS 11; 10 DME fix at around 5000 feet. Switched to Beatrix Tower; and he cleared us direct to the BEA VOR instead for additional spacing. Approaching the VOR; he cleared us a right turn; direct to the 10 DME fix; we were about 5000 feet at this point. He was very busy on the radio; we were approaching the fix at a 90 degree angle; so I built a holding pattern as per directives which both the FO and I reviewed on the flight down. About a mile from the 10 DME fix; Tower cleared us to intercept the final and descend to 2000 feet. The FO asked for gear and flaps 15; and made a left turn to intercept the final LOC course; and eventually called for flaps 40. I believe the autopilot was disconnected at this time. We were in and out of a 'few' deck at this point. The FO was slow to lower his nose and the power was back; so I noticed he was getting slow. I said 'Airspeed'; and he still wasn't lowering the nose enough so it continued to decay. I then directed a 'GO-AROUND' as the stick shaker activated; not sure of the speed at this point; and told the FO to get the power up. He accomplished the go-around; and got out of the shaker. There were some confusing calls with the Tower at this point; I think he thought we were continuing the approach; but we finally got through to him that we needed to enter the circuit pattern for another approach which was uneventful.

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.