Flight crew flew over man on runway in landing area, runway 25L, lax.

Attributes
ACN	146553
Time
Date	199005
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 150
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax
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 : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000
ASRS Report	146553
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	flight crew : took evasive action
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew
Miss Distance	vertical : 50
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Cleared for a visibility approach to runway 25L at lax. At approximately 150' all 3 crew members noticed something on the runway. It was quickly determined to be a man on the runway, now passing through 100' above touchdown zone. He was passing right to left through the centerline at the 500' runway marking. He crouched down as we passed overhead. The captain (who was flying) added power and checked the rate of descent to ensure that we would miss him. The rest of the runway was clear, we touched down approximately 1500' to 2000' from threshold. Clearing the runway we reported it to tower. They sent a security veh to check it out but found nothing. In a later telephone query tower was somewhat unconcerned and said a similar incident occurred 3 weeks ago.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CREW FLEW OVER MAN ON RWY IN LNDG AREA, RWY 25L, LAX.

Narrative: CLRED FOR A VIS APCH TO RWY 25L AT LAX. AT APPROX 150' ALL 3 CREW MEMBERS NOTICED SOMETHING ON THE RWY. IT WAS QUICKLY DETERMINED TO BE A MAN ON THE RWY, NOW PASSING THROUGH 100' ABOVE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. HE WAS PASSING R TO L THROUGH THE CTRLINE AT THE 500' RWY MARKING. HE CROUCHED DOWN AS WE PASSED OVERHEAD. THE CAPT (WHO WAS FLYING) ADDED PWR AND CHKED THE RATE OF DSNT TO ENSURE THAT WE WOULD MISS HIM. THE REST OF THE RWY WAS CLR, WE TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 1500' TO 2000' FROM THRESHOLD. CLRING THE RWY WE RPTED IT TO TWR. THEY SENT A SECURITY VEH TO CHK IT OUT BUT FOUND NOTHING. IN A LATER TELEPHONE QUERY TWR WAS SOMEWHAT UNCONCERNED AND SAID A SIMILAR INCIDENT OCCURRED 3 WKS AGO.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 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.