Air carrier large transport hard landing at the end of a red eye flight.

Attributes
ACN	128523
Time
Date	198911
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pvd
State Reference	RI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zny
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 3 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 95 flight time total : 3800 flight time type : 500
ASRS Report	128523
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 8000
ASRS Report	127726
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

After flying from mexico city to chicago on an all night flight and then changing planes and flying into the sun for 2 hours we experienced a slightly rough landing at providence. The captain was flying at the time of the occurrence. At company airlines the pilot not flying calls out the last 50' of altitude in 10' increments to the pilot flying. Due to fatiguee and some eye strain from fling into the sun, I was a little late calling the last 10' call. The captain rounded out a hair late, touched down and skipped back into the air. He was also tired and not realizing we were airborne again. He pulled the speed brake lever. This time we knew we were on the ground. The touchdown was rough but not hard enough to even drop any masks. Taxiing into the ramp area the captain almost missed the turn into our gate. These situations are almost humorous but if you realize they were caused by crew fatigue you realize the possibility for a more serious mishap is there. The flight from mexico city to chicago is long, you leave at XX00 and arrive at XE30. You're tired when you arrive and you still have to go through customs and then back out to a new aircraft and then fly 2 hours into the sun into the northeast area airspace which is extremely busy. If the crew stopped flying in chicago or flew a short flight west to a small airport in non congested airspace the possibility of a fatigue-induced accident or incident would be greatly reduced.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR LGT HARD LNDG AT THE END OF A RED EYE FLT.

Narrative: AFTER FLYING FROM MEXICO CITY TO CHICAGO ON AN ALL NIGHT FLT AND THEN CHANGING PLANES AND FLYING INTO THE SUN FOR 2 HRS WE EXPERIENCED A SLIGHTLY ROUGH LNDG AT PROVIDENCE. THE CAPT WAS FLYING AT THE TIME OF THE OCCURRENCE. AT COMPANY AIRLINES THE PLT NOT FLYING CALLS OUT THE LAST 50' OF ALT IN 10' INCREMENTS TO THE PLT FLYING. DUE TO FATIGUEE AND SOME EYE STRAIN FROM FLING INTO THE SUN, I WAS A LITTLE LATE CALLING THE LAST 10' CALL. THE CAPT ROUNDED OUT A HAIR LATE, TOUCHED DOWN AND SKIPPED BACK INTO THE AIR. HE WAS ALSO TIRED AND NOT REALIZING WE WERE AIRBORNE AGAIN. HE PULLED THE SPEED BRAKE LEVER. THIS TIME WE KNEW WE WERE ON THE GND. THE TOUCHDOWN WAS ROUGH BUT NOT HARD ENOUGH TO EVEN DROP ANY MASKS. TAXIING INTO THE RAMP AREA THE CAPT ALMOST MISSED THE TURN INTO OUR GATE. THESE SITUATIONS ARE ALMOST HUMOROUS BUT IF YOU REALIZE THEY WERE CAUSED BY CREW FATIGUE YOU REALIZE THE POSSIBILITY FOR A MORE SERIOUS MISHAP IS THERE. THE FLT FROM MEXICO CITY TO CHICAGO IS LONG, YOU LEAVE AT XX00 AND ARRIVE AT XE30. YOU'RE TIRED WHEN YOU ARRIVE AND YOU STILL HAVE TO GO THROUGH CUSTOMS AND THEN BACK OUT TO A NEW ACFT AND THEN FLY 2 HRS INTO THE SUN INTO THE NE AREA AIRSPACE WHICH IS EXTREMELY BUSY. IF THE CREW STOPPED FLYING IN CHICAGO OR FLEW A SHORT FLT W TO A SMALL ARPT IN NON CONGESTED AIRSPACE THE POSSIBILITY OF A FATIGUE-INDUCED ACCIDENT OR INCIDENT WOULD BE GREATLY REDUCED.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.