B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Total 2736; Flight Crew Type 958
Situational Awareness
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation - Speed All Types; Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Inflight Event / Encounter CFTT / CFIT; Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach
Air Traffic Control Issued Advisory / Alert; Flight Crew FLC Overrode Automation
Human Factors; Aircraft; Procedure
Visual Approach. Between 3000 ft.-4000 ft.; cleared to intercept localizer on heading 310; at 2;300 cleared visual approach to 28L. Autoflight system failed to capture FAC correctly. Following autopilot 'intercept' of course; crew visually recognized the aircraft was well right of FAC. Distraction from the course error/correction resulted in aircraft being well above glidepath. PF (Pilot Flying) aggressively descended towards glidepath which resulted in an over correction. Relief Pilot observed 1.5 dots below glidepath on FMC; visually saw 3 red VASI lights and called out '3 red VASI.' Aircraft system Caution illuminated and announced 'Glideslope.' Tower verbally called 'glidepath' warning. PF corrected. Aircraft was stable at 500. PF continued to landing without further incident.
B787 First Officer reported an autopilot error led to an unstable approach and landing.