Narrative:

Shot the localizer back course runway 27 into ptk. Everything went by the book, except did not descend quick enough and broke out too high to be in a normal position to land. Second approach, vectored on the downwind to base, to reintercept the final approach course. Intercepted the localizer back course about 13.0 psi DME. Once on localizer back course, started descent down to minimums from 2400 ft at 10.7 DME psi, which was actually 1 mi outside the FAF instead of at the FAF (9.7 DME). Crossed FAF at 1700 ft when I noticed I was not in fact at the FAF yet, at which point I began an immediate climb to 2400 ft. The controller noticed a second after I did that I was below minimums and instructed me to climb immediately to 2400 ft, at which point I was already climbing. (This all happened just prior to the FAF.) I climbed through 2000 ft and the controller in almost the same breath advised me that I was inside the marker and could continue the approach. I landed without incident. The copilot was doing the before landing checklist while we were in a critical phase of flight (descent to landing) and it was my fault for not keeping him focused on the task at hand (flying the approach). I had been very focused on the second approach on making the descent to minimums and neglected to make sure that I was inside the FAF before I started my descent to minimums. I feel that I was too focused on an objective and was not keeping the entire situation under control. The copilot and I have reviewed our SOP's and completed a debriefing and will not make the same mistake again.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LEAR 25 CAPT DSNDED BELOW MINIMUM APCH ALT OUTSIDE THE FAF DUE TO BEING OVER ANXIOUS TO GET DOWN TO THE MDA SOONER THAN ON HIS FIRST APCH ATTEMPT.

Narrative: SHOT THE LOC BACK COURSE RWY 27 INTO PTK. EVERYTHING WENT BY THE BOOK, EXCEPT DID NOT DSND QUICK ENOUGH AND BROKE OUT TOO HIGH TO BE IN A NORMAL POS TO LAND. SECOND APCH, VECTORED ON THE DOWNWIND TO BASE, TO REINTERCEPT THE FINAL APCH COURSE. INTERCEPTED THE LOC BACK COURSE ABOUT 13.0 PSI DME. ONCE ON LOC BACK COURSE, STARTED DSCNT DOWN TO MINIMUMS FROM 2400 FT AT 10.7 DME PSI, WHICH WAS ACTUALLY 1 MI OUTSIDE THE FAF INSTEAD OF AT THE FAF (9.7 DME). CROSSED FAF AT 1700 FT WHEN I NOTICED I WAS NOT IN FACT AT THE FAF YET, AT WHICH POINT I BEGAN AN IMMEDIATE CLB TO 2400 FT. THE CTLR NOTICED A SECOND AFTER I DID THAT I WAS BELOW MINIMUMS AND INSTRUCTED ME TO CLB IMMEDIATELY TO 2400 FT, AT WHICH POINT I WAS ALREADY CLBING. (THIS ALL HAPPENED JUST PRIOR TO THE FAF.) I CLBED THROUGH 2000 FT AND THE CTLR IN ALMOST THE SAME BREATH ADVISED ME THAT I WAS INSIDE THE MARKER AND COULD CONTINUE THE APCH. I LANDED WITHOUT INCIDENT. THE COPLT WAS DOING THE BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST WHILE WE WERE IN A CRITICAL PHASE OF FLT (DSCNT TO LNDG) AND IT WAS MY FAULT FOR NOT KEEPING HIM FOCUSED ON THE TASK AT HAND (FLYING THE APCH). I HAD BEEN VERY FOCUSED ON THE SECOND APCH ON MAKING THE DSCNT TO MINIMUMS AND NEGLECTED TO MAKE SURE THAT I WAS INSIDE THE FAF BEFORE I STARTED MY DSCNT TO MINIMUMS. I FEEL THAT I WAS TOO FOCUSED ON AN OBJECTIVE AND WAS NOT KEEPING THE ENTIRE SIT UNDER CTL. THE COPLT AND I HAVE REVIEWED OUR SOP'S AND COMPLETED A DEBRIEFING AND WILL NOT MAKE THE SAME MISTAKE AGAIN.

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.