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Medium transport pilot reported landing short on runway 34 at pdk airport; citing runway number placement as contributing to an optical illusion.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1626887 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201903 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | PDK.Airport |
| State Reference | GA |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Medium Transport Low Wing 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 91 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 50 Flight Crew Total 5000 Flight Crew Type 100 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Departure; en-route; arrival; and approach were all normal. We were on a visual approach to runway 34; which is 3967' [long]. Upon touchdown; we felt an unusually hard impact. The roll out and braking were normal; and we turned off taxiway H and continued with no further issues. Further investigation indicated we landed just short of the edge of the runway. Unlike the sight picture of a longer precision runway; this is a non-precision runway with large numbers placed no more than 10 - 15 feet from the edge of the runway.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Medium transport pilot reported landing short on runway 34 at PDK airport; citing runway number placement as contributing to an optical illusion.
Narrative: Departure; en-route; arrival; and approach were all normal. We were on a visual approach to runway 34; which is 3967' [long]. Upon touchdown; we felt an unusually hard impact. The roll out and braking were normal; and we turned off taxiway H and continued with no further issues. Further investigation indicated we landed just short of the edge of the runway. Unlike the sight picture of a longer precision runway; this is a non-precision runway with large numbers placed no more than 10 - 15 feet from the edge of the runway.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.