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Boeing 787 flight crew reported pilot approach procedural errors coupled with late ATC final vector heading resulted in speed and altitude deviations.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1609471 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Type 50 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Captain Check Pilot Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 166 Flight Crew Total 21346 Flight Crew Type 3253 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Excursion From Assigned Altitude Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Speed All Types Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach |
Narrative:
Our flight received a vector and a descent from approach that resulted in overshooting the localizer; xxl at ZZZ. The aircraft was configured with flaps 20; airspeed set to 180 knots and we were between 4000-5000 about 15 miles out. I was uncertain what the aircraft would do in an overshoot situation and felt that we were still high energy. Not knowing the way the aircraft would react distracted me from the fact that speedbrakes were out and I was in flch. And we were descending to the cleared altitude; so I may have unintentionally guarded the throttles at idle. Other crew members alerted me to subsequent airspeed decay followed shortly by the stick shaker. I immediately selected close to max power briefly and the altitude quickly rose to between 500-1000 above cleared altitude. I disengaged the [autopilot] and recovered the aircraft to stable conditions and recaptured the localizer and glideslope. The remainder of the approach was hand flown. Landing flaps were selected; the landing checklist was completed and the aircraft was landed without further incident.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Boeing 787 flight crew reported pilot approach procedural errors coupled with late ATC final vector heading resulted in speed and altitude deviations.
Narrative: Our flight received a vector and a descent from Approach that resulted in overshooting the localizer; XXL at ZZZ. The aircraft was configured with flaps 20; airspeed set to 180 knots and we were between 4000-5000 about 15 miles out. I was uncertain what the aircraft would do in an overshoot situation and felt that we were still high energy. Not knowing the way the aircraft would react distracted me from the fact that speedbrakes were out and I was in FLCH. And we were descending to the cleared altitude; so I may have unintentionally guarded the throttles at idle. Other crew members alerted me to subsequent airspeed decay followed shortly by the stick shaker. I immediately selected close to max power briefly and the altitude quickly rose to between 500-1000 above cleared altitude. I disengaged the [autopilot] and recovered the aircraft to stable conditions and recaptured the localizer and glideslope. The remainder of the approach was hand flown. Landing flaps were selected; the landing checklist was completed and the aircraft was landed without further incident.
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