A320
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Flight Engineer; Flight Crew Flight Instructor
Training / Qualification
Inflight Event / Encounter Unstabilized Approach; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
Flight Crew Regained Aircraft Control
Weather; Human Factors
I was the flying pilot on the ILS Runway XXR at ZZZ. The winds had been reported as pretty gusty since we received our weather packet [at the departure airport.]Last spring; on the same approach to the same runway with similar wind conditions I ran out of throw on the stick while landing and had to do a go-around. On our second attempt we got a wind shear alert and went around again; so this time I was ready for what I anticipated to be a difficult approach and landing.At approximately 200 feet AGL I encountered a gust from the left (winds were 240 at 13 gusting to 21 KTS). I sharply countered the gust using left stick; however I overcorrected and the plane rolled approximately 10 [degrees] to the left. I countered that roll with right stick; but also over corrected so the plane entered a similar bank angle to the right. I corrected for that with left stick and at that point realized I was encountering a pilot induced oscillation so I then centered the stick to get out of the oscillation. During the oscillation the spoilers had extended apparently causing us to get a bit low on profile.The Captain said something like 'you're getting low.' At that point I noticed one white light and three red lights on the PAPI so I decreased my sink and said 'correcting.' The landing was fine and uneventful. After blocking-in I talked with the Captain about the approach and my oscillation. He suggested that I hand fly the airplane more during gusty weather and disconnect the autopilot earlier during the approach (I disconnected it at minimums.) I plan on following this advice to help get a better feel for the winds effects on the plane.I think that because of my previous experience on that runway with gusty winds I was 'over-primed' to make corrections that in this case were too much.
A320 First Officer landing during gusty crosswind conditions encountered pilot induced oscillations. Captain recommended hand flying the aircraft more during gusty weather and disconnecting the autopilot earlier during approach.