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Erj-170 first officer reported some confusion on a visual approach that led to an unstabilized approach.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1522215 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201802 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | DEN.Airport |
| State Reference | CO |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | EMB ERJ 170/175 ER/LR |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying First Officer |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
On visual approach into den (backed up by ILS) I got a little behind due to poor sa (situational awareness) in regards to my location. I was close to the final approach course and hadn't activated app (approach) mode. The captain; trying to help; activated it for me. I was unaware of this; and reached up and hit app as I was about to cross final (which of course deactivated app mode). This led to some confusion as the autopilot did not capture glideslope; forcing me to turn off ap (autopilot) and capture it manually. This caused a further loss in sa; and I called for flaps 5; landing check when in truth I had yet to call for flaps 3. This of course took some additional time; causing us to pass through 1000 ft without being configured; as well as being fast. Proper configuration and airspeed was achieved somewhere between 1000 ft and 500 ft. I did not note the exact altitude; but we did end up being stabilized by 500 ft; even though we should have executed a go-around.[I suggest] continued emphasis on stabilized approach criteria as well as concrete numbers on when to configure.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ERJ-170 First Officer reported some confusion on a visual approach that led to an unstabilized approach.
Narrative: On visual approach into DEN (backed up by ILS) I got a little behind due to poor SA (Situational Awareness) in regards to my location. I was close to the final approach course and hadn't activated APP (Approach) mode. The Captain; trying to help; activated it for me. I was unaware of this; and reached up and hit APP as I was about to cross final (which of course deactivated APP mode). This led to some confusion as the autopilot did not capture glideslope; forcing me to turn off AP (Autopilot) and capture it manually. This caused a further loss in SA; and I called for flaps 5; landing check when in truth I had yet to call for flaps 3. This of course took some additional time; causing us to pass through 1000 ft without being configured; as well as being fast. Proper configuration and airspeed was achieved somewhere between 1000 ft and 500 ft. I did not note the exact altitude; but we did end up being stabilized by 500 ft; even though we should have executed a go-around.[I suggest] continued emphasis on stabilized approach criteria as well as concrete numbers on when to configure.
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.