An air carrier flight crew reported selecting the FMS las grnpa one RNAV in error because it was an ...

Narrative:

On descent into las vegas we were cleared to descend on the tyssn two arrival. Prior to kaddy intersection; I thought we were told to put the grnpa one RNAV arrival in the box; but he meant for us to expect that arrival. When I put it in it took us off the tyssn arrival. So we got vectors toward the airport. As we got closer to the airport we were heading directly into the sun. Visibility with the sun in our face and some haze. We were told to call the airport in sight by a controller but we didn't see it until we were to close-in and high (about 2.5 miles and 6;000 MSL). When I told her we were too close and high (airport in sight) she 'cheerfully' told us we were cleared for the visual to 19L. So I told her in a disgusted tone 'roger'. Then a male controller came on and he told us if we needed to go-around to tell the tower and they would coordinate it. Needless to day; when we did turn final we were too high for a stabilized approach and landing. So we did the go-around. The go-around was very rushed with multiple heading and distance instructions. We also thought at first that we were going to be vectored back to 19L; when in fact we were vectored for a close in for runway 07R. I was very disgusted about the initial approach to 19L and felt we were being 'goat-roped' into doing the visual approach even though they knew I was not happy about how it worked out. The go-around was rushed; trying to input fixes and making sure to get the correct altitudes selected and clearances repeated. We felt that we were being pushed without knowing a plan into completing the approach and landing even though we were to close for a stabilized approach. A go-around that we thought would have time to execute to runway 19L; was a quick 'box-like' pattern to 07R. We would have liked to know the plan was a close in approach ahead of time.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An air carrier flight crew reported selecting the FMS LAS GRNPA ONE RNAV in error because it was an expected clearance. In the dusk glaring sun light; the crew could not see the airport and so executed a go-around for a visual to the east amid great confusion.

Narrative: On descent into Las Vegas we were cleared to descend on the TYSSN TWO arrival. Prior to KADDY Intersection; I thought we were told to put the GRNPA ONE RNAV arrival in the box; but he meant for us to expect that arrival. When I put it in it took us off the TYSSN arrival. So we got vectors toward the airport. As we got closer to the airport we were heading directly into the sun. Visibility with the sun in our face and some haze. We were told to call the airport in sight by a Controller but we didn't see it until we were to close-in and high (about 2.5 miles and 6;000 MSL). When I told her we were too close and high (airport in sight) she 'cheerfully' told us we were cleared for the visual to 19L. So I told her in a disgusted tone 'Roger'. Then a male Controller came on and he told us if we needed to go-around to tell the Tower and they would coordinate it. Needless to day; when we did turn final we were too high for a stabilized approach and landing. So we did the go-around. The go-around was very rushed with multiple heading and distance instructions. We also thought at first that we were going to be vectored back to 19L; when in fact we were vectored for a close in for Runway 07R. I was very disgusted about the initial approach to 19L and felt we were being 'Goat-Roped' into doing the visual approach even though they knew I was not happy about how it worked out. The go-around was rushed; trying to input fixes and making sure to get the correct altitudes selected and clearances repeated. We felt that we were being pushed without knowing a plan into completing the approach and landing even though we were to close for a stabilized approach. A go-around that we thought would have time to execute to Runway 19L; was a quick 'box-like' pattern to 07R. We would have liked to know the plan was a close in approach ahead of time.

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.

Attributes
ACN	912034
Time
Date	201009
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	LAS.Airport
State Reference	NV
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Large Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Initial Approach Descent
Route In Use	Vectors STAR TYSSN 2
Flight Plan	VFR
Component
Aircraft Component	FMS/FMC
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach

An air carrier flight crew reported selecting the FMS las grnpa one RNAV in error because it was an expected clearance. In the dusk glaring sun light; the crew could not see the airport and so executed a go-around for a visual to the east amid great confusion.