Light transport aircraft on approach was told by ATC to keep the speed up. Flight crew not familiar with the airport and became too rushed to get proper line up to land and did go around. Reporter attributes fatigue to slower than usual reactions.

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Attributes
ACN	394820
Time
Date	199802
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sgf
State Reference	MO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 3000 msl bound upper : 3000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : sgf tower : sgf
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : go around
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	394820
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Aircraft approached airport in VFR. Both pilots unfamiliar with airport. Field was called in sight and we were cleared for the visual to runway 2. Approach told us to 'keep the speed up' and contact tower. We called tower, they told us to 'keep the speed up' and cleared us to land. Due to the speed of the aircraft and our unfamiliarity with the area, the aircraft ended up in improper position for landing, requiring a miss and a second uneventful approach. Factors: 1) ATC pushing the speed on us. Things just got going too fast for us in this situation. 2) crew not planning the descent and approach properly. 3) crew was tired. This was the last leg of a 4 day trip. The airline has a schedule that has us fly 1 hour and situation for 2 hours for 12 hours a day. Although our flight time was low, we had a lot of duty time. We were beat. Obviously this sudden turn of events along with a new airport plus the long week was a little much. In my opinion, situation time wears one out just as fast as flight time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LTT ACFT ON APCH WAS TOLD BY ATC TO KEEP THE SPD UP. FLC NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE ARPT AND BECAME TOO RUSHED TO GET PROPER LINE UP TO LAND AND DID GAR. RPTR ATTRIBUTES FATIGUE TO SLOWER THAN USUAL REACTIONS.

Narrative: ACFT APCHED ARPT IN VFR. BOTH PLTS UNFAMILIAR WITH ARPT. FIELD WAS CALLED IN SIGHT AND WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL TO RWY 2. APCH TOLD US TO 'KEEP THE SPD UP' AND CONTACT TWR. WE CALLED TWR, THEY TOLD US TO 'KEEP THE SPD UP' AND CLRED US TO LAND. DUE TO THE SPD OF THE ACFT AND OUR UNFAMILIARITY WITH THE AREA, THE ACFT ENDED UP IN IMPROPER POS FOR LNDG, REQUIRING A MISS AND A SECOND UNEVENTFUL APCH. FACTORS: 1) ATC PUSHING THE SPD ON US. THINGS JUST GOT GOING TOO FAST FOR US IN THIS SIT. 2) CREW NOT PLANNING THE DSCNT AND APCH PROPERLY. 3) CREW WAS TIRED. THIS WAS THE LAST LEG OF A 4 DAY TRIP. THE AIRLINE HAS A SCHEDULE THAT HAS US FLY 1 HR AND SIT FOR 2 HRS FOR 12 HRS A DAY. ALTHOUGH OUR FLT TIME WAS LOW, WE HAD A LOT OF DUTY TIME. WE WERE BEAT. OBVIOUSLY THIS SUDDEN TURN OF EVENTS ALONG WITH A NEW ARPT PLUS THE LONG WK WAS A LITTLE MUCH. IN MY OPINION, SIT TIME WEARS ONE OUT JUST AS FAST AS FLT TIME.

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.