<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1544557, May 2018

Air carrier captain reported that the papis on left and right side of runway 28 at sbgl gave two different indications.

Attributes
ACN	1544557
Time
Date	201805
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	SBGL.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Other RNAV Y Runway 28
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 62534 Flight Crew Type 5069
Events
Anomaly	Inflight Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Narrative:

RNAV (gnss) Y runway 28 into sbgl. Day VFR. Papis on left and right side gave two different indications. PAPI on the left showed the aircraft extremely low. PAPI on the right side showed the aircraft high. From all visual clues; PAPI on the right appeared to read correctly.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported that the PAPIs on left and right side of Runway 28 at SBGL gave two different indications.

Narrative: RNAV (GNSS) Y Runway 28 into SBGL. Day VFR. PAPIs on left and right side gave two different indications. PAPI on the left showed the aircraft extremely low. PAPI on the right side showed the aircraft high. From all visual clues; PAPI on the right appeared to read correctly.

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.