Air carrier captain reports that the PAPI for runway 28 at mtpp are misaligned with the lights on th...

Attributes
ACN	999320
Time
Date	201203
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	MTPP.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Final Approach
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types

Narrative:

Approach was ILS [runway] 10 with a circle to runway 28. I have now had the opportunity to observe 1 additional similar approach as well as fly one. The PAPI on runway 28 gives conflicting data. The PAPI on the right side of the runway have shown 4 white or high while the PAPI on the left side of the runway have shown as low as 3 red and 1 white or slightly low on the left at the exact time. This conflicting data confused both the first officer and myself as the pilot monitoring to the point it caused the pilot flying to get high causing a correction on short final. These vertical guidance lights are causing a lot of confusion and conflict. Please check these lights out. They cause confusion at a time that there needs to be no confusion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air Carrier Captain reports that the PAPI for Runway 28 at MTPP are misaligned with the lights on the right indicating high while the left lights indicate low.

Narrative: Approach was ILS [Runway] 10 with a circle to Runway 28. I have now had the opportunity to observe 1 additional similar approach as well as fly one. The PAPI on Runway 28 gives conflicting data. The PAPI on the right side of the runway have shown 4 white or high while the PAPI on the left side of the runway have shown as low as 3 red and 1 white or slightly low on the left at the exact time. This conflicting data confused both the First Officer and myself as the pilot monitoring to the point it caused the pilot flying to get high causing a correction on short final. These vertical guidance lights are causing a lot of confusion and conflict. Please check these lights out. They cause confusion at a time that there needs to be no confusion.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Air carrier captain reports that the PAPI for runway 28 at mtpp are misaligned with the lights on the right indicating high while the left lights indicate low.