Narrative:

Our flight started from den and continued to kind. I was the PNF and had elected to let my first officer fly the leg as the departure WX out of den was good. We had 2 jump seaters on the flight, 1 company acm deadheading to another crew assignment in ind, and 1 from another airline whom we have a reciprocal agreement with. Everything was normal en route. My first officer briefed me that he had not flown for 6 weeks prior to the flight. I had ridden the left seat for him during his first officer upgrade chkout in the simulator and although I knew he was a relatively low time pilot upgrading from flight engineer to first officer, I was impressed by his skills during the check ride. In any event, we were issued a clearance to cross 30 mi west of brickyard at and maintain 11000 ft and although he started down in time to make it, he became distraction pulling his plates out for runway 2 and runway 5L at kind. The descent shallowed out and we were now behind the profile, so I extended the speed brakes and made a concerted effort to make the crossing restr, which we did. I gave him back the airplane and we were now on downwind on a vector to runway 5L in WX which had deteriorated since the top of descent. He briefed the new approach, and we were given a vector to intercept which he did not execute in a timely fashion, and due to this plus wind, we shot through the localizer. I was now commanding him to get on the localizer, but he steepened the bank angle to 45 degrees, at which time I called 'bank angle' and he started a high sink rate approaching 300 ft assigned altitude and I called 'my airplane' and leveled off for him and assisted him back onto the localizer. We were approximately 150 ft below 3000 ft when I took over for him. I handed him the aircraft back one last time, but he exceeded 3000 ft and caused a slight overshoot, so I took over the PF duties and landed normally. I believe that I had too much confidence in this pilot's skills and was lulled into complacency by having seen his good performance in the simulator.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FO OF A B727 OVERSHOT INITIAL APCH ALT ON DSCNT AND THEN FLEW THROUGH THE LOC COURSE AFTER RECEIVING A VECTOR FOR INTERCEPTION. SUBSEQUENTLY, THE CAPT TOOK OVER THE CTLS AFTER THE FO OVERSHOT THE INITIAL APCH ALT TO WHICH HE WAS RETURNING.

Narrative: OUR FLT STARTED FROM DEN AND CONTINUED TO KIND. I WAS THE PNF AND HAD ELECTED TO LET MY FO FLY THE LEG AS THE DEP WX OUT OF DEN WAS GOOD. WE HAD 2 JUMP SEATERS ON THE FLT, 1 COMPANY ACM DEADHEADING TO ANOTHER CREW ASSIGNMENT IN IND, AND 1 FROM ANOTHER AIRLINE WHOM WE HAVE A RECIPROCAL AGREEMENT WITH. EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL ENRTE. MY FO BRIEFED ME THAT HE HAD NOT FLOWN FOR 6 WKS PRIOR TO THE FLT. I HAD RIDDEN THE L SEAT FOR HIM DURING HIS FO UPGRADE CHKOUT IN THE SIMULATOR AND ALTHOUGH I KNEW HE WAS A RELATIVELY LOW TIME PLT UPGRADING FROM FE TO FO, I WAS IMPRESSED BY HIS SKILLS DURING THE CHK RIDE. IN ANY EVENT, WE WERE ISSUED A CLRNC TO CROSS 30 MI W OF BRICKYARD AT AND MAINTAIN 11000 FT AND ALTHOUGH HE STARTED DOWN IN TIME TO MAKE IT, HE BECAME DISTR PULLING HIS PLATES OUT FOR RWY 2 AND RWY 5L AT KIND. THE DSCNT SHALLOWED OUT AND WE WERE NOW BEHIND THE PROFILE, SO I EXTENDED THE SPD BRAKES AND MADE A CONCERTED EFFORT TO MAKE THE XING RESTR, WHICH WE DID. I GAVE HIM BACK THE AIRPLANE AND WE WERE NOW ON DOWNWIND ON A VECTOR TO RWY 5L IN WX WHICH HAD DETERIORATED SINCE THE TOP OF DSCNT. HE BRIEFED THE NEW APCH, AND WE WERE GIVEN A VECTOR TO INTERCEPT WHICH HE DID NOT EXECUTE IN A TIMELY FASHION, AND DUE TO THIS PLUS WIND, WE SHOT THROUGH THE LOC. I WAS NOW COMMANDING HIM TO GET ON THE LOC, BUT HE STEEPENED THE BANK ANGLE TO 45 DEGS, AT WHICH TIME I CALLED 'BANK ANGLE' AND HE STARTED A HIGH SINK RATE APCHING 300 FT ASSIGNED ALT AND I CALLED 'MY AIRPLANE' AND LEVELED OFF FOR HIM AND ASSISTED HIM BACK ONTO THE LOC. WE WERE APPROX 150 FT BELOW 3000 FT WHEN I TOOK OVER FOR HIM. I HANDED HIM THE ACFT BACK ONE LAST TIME, BUT HE EXCEEDED 3000 FT AND CAUSED A SLIGHT OVERSHOOT, SO I TOOK OVER THE PF DUTIES AND LANDED NORMALLY. I BELIEVE THAT I HAD TOO MUCH CONFIDENCE IN THIS PLT'S SKILLS AND WAS LULLED INTO COMPLACENCY BY HAVING SEEN HIS GOOD PERFORMANCE IN THE SIMULATOR.

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.