Narrative:

Descent instructions from ATC were all pilot discretion to assigned altitude. Visual backed up by ILS. No other aircraft around so # 1 to land and was attempting to keep speed up (250KTS) until final. This resulted in a high; fast approach from 4000 AGL. Called the field at 3500 ft with flaps 15 and attempting to slow down. At 2500 AGL realized I was too high so dove to get on glide slope with flaps 28 and gear down. Tried to go slightly below glide slope then use slight climb to slow enough for flaps 35. Aircraft was at flap limit speed for flaps 28 during this time. Intercepted glide slope at 1000 AGL with flaps 35 in transition and 20+ KTS excess speed. Was stable at 600-700 AGL and continued approach to touchdown. Rest of flight was uneventful. I surprised myself by continuing the approach. I was caught up in the can do attitude and this isn't so bad I can fix it mentality. My brief to my first officers is always 'if you see anything unsafe or non standard don't hesitate to call it out'. I apparently was not practicing what I preach. I now fully realize how being unstable below 1000 can exponentially increase the possibility of a mishap. Moreover I realize that not only am I jeopardizing my career but also that of my crew by not following SOP. Although the parameters and the attitude at this company were different in the past I was fully aware of the current SOP concerning stabilized approaches. It took this incident for me to come to terms with the seriousness of this particular SOP. I am going to incorporate this into my briefs from now on. Using myself as an example to my crew and strive that any deviation from SOP will be unacceptable. I hope to set an example for our future captains to take with them in their career.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MD11 Captain took himself to task for having continued an unstabilized visual approach to a landing.

Narrative: Descent instructions from ATC were all pilot discretion to assigned altitude. Visual backed up by ILS. No other aircraft around so # 1 to land and was attempting to keep speed up (250KTS) until final. This resulted in a high; fast approach from 4000 AGL. Called the field at 3500 FT with Flaps 15 and attempting to slow down. At 2500 AGL realized I was too high so dove to get on glide slope with Flaps 28 and gear down. Tried to go slightly below glide slope then use slight climb to slow enough for Flaps 35. Aircraft was at flap limit speed for Flaps 28 during this time. Intercepted glide slope at 1000 AGL with Flaps 35 in transition and 20+ KTS excess speed. Was stable at 600-700 AGL and continued approach to touchdown. Rest of flight was uneventful. I surprised myself by continuing the approach. I was caught up in the can do attitude and this isn't so bad I can fix it mentality. My brief to my first officers is always 'if you see anything unsafe or non standard don't hesitate to call it out'. I apparently was not practicing what I preach. I now fully realize how being unstable below 1000 can exponentially increase the possibility of a mishap. Moreover I realize that not only am I jeopardizing my career but also that of my crew by not following SOP. Although the parameters and the attitude at this company were different in the past I was fully aware of the current SOP concerning stabilized approaches. It took this incident for me to come to terms with the seriousness of this particular SOP. I am going to incorporate this into my briefs from now on. Using myself as an example to my crew and strive that any deviation from SOP will be unacceptable. I hope to set an example for our future captains to take with them in their career.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.