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Old 26th Mar 2013, 22:25
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AlphaFloor27
 
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Four whites on PAPI: Go around?

Hi, I've been wondering if given the following situation, a pilot should start a go around or not. Let's go:

While on a NPA, after coming out of the clouds, stabilized in speed and configuration, you clearly see the runway and the PAPI indicator, the only problem is, you see four white lights on the PAPI (too high), while keeping 1000 fpm (no more) trying to capture a normal profile towards the runway, based on the PAPI indication. While in this condition, you determine that touchdown will be made on the TDZ.

What do you do? Let's put asside the "my company SOP's say that we should go around" responses, that makes the decision easy, and what I'm trying to know is if there's a technical reason for a go around in that kind of situation, or a technical reason for NOT going around.

Thanks.
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