Learjet 60
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Instructor; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50; Flight Crew Total 4170; Flight Crew Type 930
Distraction; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure
Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Human Factors; Procedure; Weather
Our passengers were an hour late for the second leg of our 4 leg day; and were in a hurry to get to the next stop. There was a large area of thunderstorms between our departure and destination airports; but the FO/PM (First Officer/Pilot Monitoring) and I had already discussed our mitigation strategy. The storms were moving away from our destination; so we would fly around them and land behind the weather. The departure and en route portions of the flight went as planned. Arriving in the terminal area; there was a thunderstorm forming over the FAF for our assigned runway. We requested to land the opposite direction to avoid the thunderstorm; but ATC told us we were number 7 for the airport and that everyone else had gone through it no problem. A preceding aircraft had reported heavy rain but no turbulence. While being vectored for the approach; toward the rapidly developing storm; we made visual contact with the airport. After a short delay vector; ATC cleared us for a visual approach and we made a short approach to the runway - well inside the FAF; and just skirting the outer edge of the storm. On the base leg; while fully configured for landing; we received a windshear caution: amber light. It resulted in an airspeed increase which only lasted momentarily. As PF (Pilot Flying) I corrected and made a normal landing in the touchdown zone. In retrospect; this was extremely foolish. I should not have allowed myself to fly so close to a thunderstorm; should not have accepted the assigned runway; and ultimately should have gone around and diverted to another airport. I let time pressures get the better of me; which resulted in an unstable approach. It could have been much worse.I share this as a learning experience for all pilots. I like to think I have good decision-making; but I allowed the pressure of the mission to get the better of me. Thankfully this event turned out okay; but I shudder at the thought of what could have been. I will not make the same mistake again.
Learjet 60 Captain reported an unstable approach to landing due to weather.