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An L1011 flight crew was brought in high on a visual approach by the controller. While on final, the flight crew requested s-turns in order to get back on a normal descent profile. The cabin attendants later commented on the maneuvering.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 333100 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199604 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpa |
| State Reference | FL |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : tpa |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | L-1011 Tri-Star All Series |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach descent other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Aircraft 2 | |
| Make Model Name | B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : second officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 2400 |
| ASRS Report | 333100 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 333499 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
On visual approach to runway 18L, south turns were requested and approved by tampa tower to correct high start given to us by approach control. Uneventful landing runway 18L. After arrival at gate comments by flight attendants caused some concern on our part as to how turning on approach to landing may have looked from the passenger perspective.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN L1011 FLC WAS BROUGHT IN HIGH ON A VISUAL APCH BY THE CTLR. WHILE ON FINAL, THE FLC REQUESTED S-TURNS IN ORDER TO GET BACK ON A NORMAL DSCNT PROFILE. THE CABIN ATTENDANTS LATER COMMENTED ON THE MANEUVERING.
Narrative: ON VISUAL APCH TO RWY 18L, S TURNS WERE REQUESTED AND APPROVED BY TAMPA TWR TO CORRECT HIGH START GIVEN TO US BY APCH CTL. UNEVENTFUL LNDG RWY 18L. AFTER ARR AT GATE COMMENTS BY FLT ATTENDANTS CAUSED SOME CONCERN ON OUR PART AS TO HOW TURNING ON APCH TO LNDG MAY HAVE LOOKED FROM THE PAX PERSPECTIVE.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.