>an aircraft on a visual approach had basically left himself too high
I saw something very strange a few years ago while watching landings at CYYZ. A passenger jet was on short final ~2 miles out and was obviously VERY high, yet I hadn't heard any unusual transmissions on the ATC freq. At about 1 mile final the plane just descended like a stone and made a reasonably decent landing that I can recall. The only other thing of note that I remember was that it was very windy ~30-40 gusts, how that affected the extreme height I don't know.
I remember another time seeing a go-round by a 747 cargo jet, the plane was almost in the flare ~70-100 feet up, when it noticeably "wobbled" ... (incipient stall ??? / flare too high ?) before pouring on the power and flying away. .. Someone might have had to change their underwear after that one
Mike