A B777 captain assumed flying duties from the first officer at 200 ft on an approach to zbaa in orde...

Attributes
ACN	848509
Time
Date	200908
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZBAA.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 213 Flight Crew Total 18000 Flight Crew Type 1864
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 210 Flight Crew Total 10000 Flight Crew Type 2600
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

On short final to runway with thunderstorms all around. Tower reported heavy rain beginning at 200 ft. We were planning flap 25 approach and were stabilized for that approach with the autopilot engaged. Upon passing 200 ft; we in fact encountered torrential rain with severely reduced visibility. I opted to continue the approach with an autoland. Since we are unable to conduct a 25 flap autoland due to our flight handbook limitations; I opted to proceed rather than attempt a missed approach given the current weather conditions utilizing my captain's authority.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B777 Captain assumed flying duties from the First Officer at 200 FT on an approach to ZBAA in order to perform an autoland. The Captain did not want a go-around executed in deteriorating weather on short final.

Narrative: On short final to runway with thunderstorms all around. Tower reported heavy rain beginning at 200 FT. We were planning Flap 25 approach and were stabilized for that approach with the autopilot engaged. Upon passing 200 FT; we in fact encountered torrential rain with severely reduced visibility. I opted to continue the approach with an autoland. Since we are unable to conduct a 25 Flap autoland due to our flight handbook limitations; I opted to proceed rather than attempt a missed approach given the current weather conditions utilizing my Captain's authority.

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.

A B777 captain assumed flying duties from the first officer at 200 ft on an approach to zbaa in order to perform an autoland. The captain did not want a go-around executed in deteriorating weather on short final.