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Medium large transport flight had normal approach but landed short of displaced threshold at bwi runway 33L.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 190857 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199110 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : bwi |
| State Reference | MD |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 7745 |
| ASRS Report | 190867 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 155 flight time total : 7500 |
| ASRS Report | 190769 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | incursion : runway non adherence : clearance 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 | Pilot Deviation |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
I was captain of flight. We departed cle normally. The flight was normal during the en route and approach phase. Information was obtained from the bwi ATIS. I briefed the first officer on the information noting that the threshold was displaced on runway 33L. During the approach I noticed a 7 KT tailwind on the fmcs. The first officer flew the approach as I thought he should. It appeared to me that we would touch down exactly where I wanted to based on the existing conditions. During flare I thought the aircraft was going to touch down beyond where the threshold was, however, at touchdown I realized that we had touched down short of the threshold as the taxi light shown on a X indicating a closed portion of runway. The spoilers deployed automatically and the first officer had already selected reverse thrust, so I elected to continue the landing. The aircraft handled normally on rollout and taxi in to the gate. The mechanics told me we had damaged 3 main tires. There were no personal injuries. I believe this incident was caused by a combination of poor runway lighting indicating a temporary displaced threshold and the dusk light conditions which existed at landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MLG FLT HAD NORMAL APCH BUT LANDED SHORT OF DISPLACED THRESHOLD AT BWI RWY 33L.
Narrative: I WAS CAPT OF FLT. WE DEPARTED CLE NORMALLY. THE FLT WAS NORMAL DURING THE ENRTE AND APCH PHASE. INFO WAS OBTAINED FROM THE BWI ATIS. I BRIEFED THE FO ON THE INFO NOTING THAT THE THRESHOLD WAS DISPLACED ON RWY 33L. DURING THE APCH I NOTICED A 7 KT TAILWIND ON THE FMCS. THE FO FLEW THE APCH AS I THOUGHT HE SHOULD. IT APPEARED TO ME THAT WE WOULD TOUCH DOWN EXACTLY WHERE I WANTED TO BASED ON THE EXISTING CONDITIONS. DURING FLARE I THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS GOING TO TOUCH DOWN BEYOND WHERE THE THRESHOLD WAS, HOWEVER, AT TOUCHDOWN I REALIZED THAT WE HAD TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF THE THRESHOLD AS THE TAXI LIGHT SHOWN ON A X INDICATING A CLOSED PORTION OF RWY. THE SPOILERS DEPLOYED AUTOMATICALLY AND THE FO HAD ALREADY SELECTED REVERSE THRUST, SO I ELECTED TO CONTINUE THE LNDG. THE ACFT HANDLED NORMALLY ON ROLLOUT AND TAXI IN TO THE GATE. THE MECHS TOLD ME WE HAD DAMAGED 3 MAIN TIRES. THERE WERE NO PERSONAL INJURIES. I BELIEVE THIS INCIDENT WAS CAUSED BY A COMBINATION OF POOR RWY LIGHTING INDICATING A TEMPORARY DISPLACED THRESHOLD AND THE DUSK LIGHT CONDITIONS WHICH EXISTED AT LNDG.
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.