Airbus flight crew reported an unstabilized approach resulted in a go around.

Attributes
ACN	1580868
Time
Date	201809
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	RIC.Airport
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Type 1113
Person 2
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

Narrative:

We were high and fast intercepting glide path between 2000 and 1000 (feet) AGL. PF (pilot flying) made best efforts to capture glide path and slow the aircraft before required stabilization altitude. Using speed brake and configuration we were able to get on speed but were still above glidepath. At ~ 800 ft I called for a go around and the PF executed the missed approach.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Airbus flight crew reported an unstabilized approach resulted in a go around.

Narrative: We were high and fast intercepting glide path between 2000 and 1000 (feet) AGL. PF (Pilot Flying) made best efforts to capture glide path and slow the aircraft before required stabilization altitude. Using speed brake and configuration we were able to get on speed but were still above glidepath. At ~ 800 ft I called for a go around and the PF executed the missed approach.

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.