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Attributes | |
ACN | 1755737 |
Time | |
Date | 202008 |
Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | CHS.Airport |
State Reference | SC |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Daylight |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Learjet 60 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | Final Approach |
Route In Use | Vectors |
Flight Plan | IFR |
Person 1 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument |
Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 4170 Flight Crew Type 930 |
Events | |
Anomaly | Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence |
Narrative:
Our passengers were an hour late for the second leg of our 4 leg day; and were in a hurry to get to the next stop. There was a large area of thunderstorms between our departure and destination airports; but the first officer/pm (first officer/pilot monitoring) and I had already discussed our mitigation strategy. The storms were moving away from our destination; so we would fly around them and land behind the weather. The departure and en route portions of the flight went as planned. Arriving in the terminal area; there was a thunderstorm forming over the FAF for our assigned runway. We requested to land the opposite direction to avoid the thunderstorm; but ATC told us we were number 7 for the airport and that everyone else had gone through it no problem. A preceding aircraft had reported heavy rain but no turbulence. While being vectored for the approach; toward the rapidly developing storm; we made visual contact with the airport. After a short delay vector; ATC cleared us for a visual approach and we made a short approach to the runway - well inside the FAF; and just skirting the outer edge of the storm. On the base leg; while fully configured for landing; we received a windshear caution: amber light. It resulted in an airspeed increase which only lasted momentarily. As PF (pilot flying) I corrected and made a normal landing in the touchdown zone. In retrospect; this was extremely foolish. I should not have allowed myself to fly so close to a thunderstorm; should not have accepted the assigned runway; and ultimately should have gone around and diverted to another airport. I let time pressures get the better of me; which resulted in an unstable approach. It could have been much worse.I share this as a learning experience for all pilots. I like to think I have good decision-making; but I allowed the pressure of the mission to get the better of me. Thankfully this event turned out okay; but I shudder at the thought of what could have been. I will not make the same mistake again.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Learjet 60 Captain reported an unstable approach to landing due to weather.
Narrative: Our passengers were an hour late for the second leg of our 4 leg day; and were in a hurry to get to the next stop. There was a large area of thunderstorms between our departure and destination airports; but the FO/PM (First Officer/Pilot Monitoring) and I had already discussed our mitigation strategy. The storms were moving away from our destination; so we would fly around them and land behind the weather. The departure and en route portions of the flight went as planned. Arriving in the terminal area; there was a thunderstorm forming over the FAF for our assigned runway. We requested to land the opposite direction to avoid the thunderstorm; but ATC told us we were number 7 for the airport and that everyone else had gone through it no problem. A preceding aircraft had reported heavy rain but no turbulence. While being vectored for the approach; toward the rapidly developing storm; we made visual contact with the airport. After a short delay vector; ATC cleared us for a visual approach and we made a short approach to the runway - well inside the FAF; and just skirting the outer edge of the storm. On the base leg; while fully configured for landing; we received a windshear caution: amber light. It resulted in an airspeed increase which only lasted momentarily. As PF (Pilot Flying) I corrected and made a normal landing in the touchdown zone. In retrospect; this was extremely foolish. I should not have allowed myself to fly so close to a thunderstorm; should not have accepted the assigned runway; and ultimately should have gone around and diverted to another airport. I let time pressures get the better of me; which resulted in an unstable approach. It could have been much worse.I share this as a learning experience for all pilots. I like to think I have good decision-making; but I allowed the pressure of the mission to get the better of me. Thankfully this event turned out okay; but I shudder at the thought of what could have been. I will not make the same mistake again.
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.