[justlurking]

Yosemitetest posted a link to the flight track log at FlightAware:

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/AAR214/history/20130706/0730Z/RKSI/KSFO/tracklog

I thought you might find it interesting, especially this part:

02:22PM	37.4333	-122.0800	43°	Northeast	248	285	5,900	-1,620	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4397	-122.0740	37°	Northeast	249	287	5,700	-1,140	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4431	-122.0710	35°	Northeast	249	287	5,700	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4471	-122.0690	22°	Northeast	248	285	5,600	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4513	-122.0680	11°	North	247	284	5,600	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4549	-122.0670	12°	North	246	283	5,500	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4583	-122.0670	360°	North	246	283	5,500	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4628	-122.0670	360°	North	245	282	5,400	-1,500	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4675	-122.0680	350°	North	244	281	5,300	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4709	-122.0700	335°	Northwest	243	280	5,300	-1,020	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4741	-122.0720	334°	Northwest	242	278	5,200	-900	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4774	-122.0740	334°	Northwest	242	278	5,200	-1,020	FlightAware
02:22PM	37.4854	-122.0810	325°	Northwest	243	280	5,000	-1,740	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.4909	-122.0850	330°	Northwest	243	280	4,800	-1,200	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.4941	-122.0880	323°	Northwest	244	281	4,800	-780	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.4973	-122.0920	315°	West	243	280	4,700	-1,740	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.4999	-122.0960	309°	West	242	278	4,600	-900	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.5026	-122.1010	304°	West	240	276	4,600	-540	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.5066	-122.1100	299°	West	237	273	4,500	-840	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.5145	-122.1280	299°	West	228	262	4,300	-540	FlightAware
02:23PM	37.5192	-122.1390	298°	West	221	254	4,300	-240	FlightAware
02:24PM	37.5266	-122.1570	297°	West	212	244	4,200	-720	FlightAware
02:24PM	37.5351	-122.1760	299°	West	208	239	3,900	-960	FlightAware
02:24PM	37.5414	-122.1910	298°	West	204	235	3,700	-1,080	FlightAware
02:24PM	37.5481	-122.2070	298°	West	203	234	3,400	-1,200	FlightAware
02:25PM	37.5548	-122.2230	298°	West	195	224	3,100	-1,140	FlightAware
02:25PM	37.5614	-122.2390	297°	West	190	219	2,800	-1,500	FlightAware
02:25PM	37.5669	-122.2520	298°	West	187	215	2,400	-1,320	FlightAware
02:25PM	37.5730	-122.2660	299°	West	187	215	2,200	-1,080	FlightAware
02:26PM	37.5785	-122.2790	298°	West	186	214	1,900	-1,020	FlightAware
02:26PM	37.5847	-122.2940	298°	West	178	205	1,700	-1,020	FlightAware
02:26PM	37.5900	-122.3070	297°	West	169	194	1,400	-1,380	FlightAware
02:27PM	37.5988	-122.3270	299°	West	145	167	800	-1,380	FlightAware
02:27PM	37.6016	-122.3340	297°	West	141	162	600	-1,320	FlightAware
02:27PM	37.6045	-122.3410	298°	West	134	154	400	-900	FlightAware
02:27PM	37.6073	-122.3480	297°	West	123	142	300	-840	FlightAware
02:27PM	37.6103	-122.3550	298°	West	109	125	100	-120	FlightAware
02:28PM	37.6170	-122.3740	294°	West	85	98	200	120	FlightAware

Does that look like a stabilized descent to you?

[ALPAPilot]

No, it looks ugly. 1300 fpm rate of descent is very scary. It really is almost twice what is required. A good rule of thumb is half of the ground speed. By that I mean 140 Knots over the ground gives about 700 fpm descent rate on the normal 3 degree glide path. 140 knots is pretty close to the approach speed for the 777’s at UAL (a little slower for flaps 30, a little more for flaps 25).

109 Knots at 100 feet (if I’m reading the numbers correctly) is very, very scary. Even if they would have cleared the sea wall, that is definitely tail strike speed. I don’t know if it was a 777-300, since the are slightly longer, they have a tail skid just in case.

That looks to me like a profile where the engines did not spool up. British Airways had a similar incident happen at Heathrow. They had ice crystals in the fuel lines that prevented spool up on their Rolls Royce engine on short final.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Airways_Flight_38

[Yosemitest]

No, it doesn't.
But I've linked to it before.