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A B757 captain got low on glideslope but returned to profile after the first officer called low and the egpws alerted. The approach was late at night to a foreign airport.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 904221 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201007 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Final Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Altitude Overshoot Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT |
Narrative:
Captain was flying; got low on a visual approach. I called we were low. GPWS went off and he corrected by adding power and raising nose.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A B757 Captain got low on glideslope but returned to profile after the First Officer called LOW and the EGPWS alerted. The approach was late at night to a foreign airport.
Narrative: Captain was flying; got low on a visual approach. I called we were low. GPWS went off and he corrected by adding power and raising nose.
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.