[Truth'sfriend]

Yeah, I agree. Sounds like classic loss of situational awareness.
I have flown this approach, IMC numerous times. The STAR takes you to a way point NE of the airport then, a radar vector which puts you on a down wind for 4. For departure spacing they keep arriving turbine traffic up at 6,000'. A lot of times they turn you in very close to the marker necessitating a very rapid rate of decent in order to capture the GS. Way too early to speculate but they just might have gone through the glide slope and "landed" short.

[MindBender26]

Thanks for insight.

I get very little "hard" IFR these days. I turned 60 this year, only get about 100 yrs a year and here in Orlando, it's usually CAVU or towering cumulobumpus, so you either get great WX or stay on ground.

Now, as an old f-rt, won't fly anything less an 400 and 1/2 and I want a nice long approach, at least OM inbound to get set up on final, get everything hanging, etc. None of the old getting turned in at the MM!

Never flew into Hobby (except on SWA), but used to love the River Approach to DCA in a 310. Wind your way down the Potomac, then a hard right when you could see the rabbit lights for 15 or 18, full flaps and flare NOW! Did it in the right seat in an Electra once, at 200 kts.... Loads of pucker fun.......

Ah, when we were young.....

[sam_paine]

God I hate froggy landings as a commercial spam passenger. I wish there were that little martian cartoon cop that would whiz up and escort you in on your wingtip.....