An air carrier medium large transport claims that he landed on an occupied runway.

Attributes
ACN	283577
Time
Date	199409
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zkc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 18000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	283577
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : airborne less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 2000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation Operational Error
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

We were on final approach to runway 36 at dca and cleared to land. We were following a dc-9 which was 3 mi ahead. He landed, and we lost sight of him at the far end of the runway. As we landed, I thought I could see the dc-9 still on the runway, but we had already touched down and reversed and spoilers were already deployed. The first officer stopped the aircraft very well, and we cleared the runway well short (2000 ft) of the dc-9's position. He actually was clearing about the same time we did. The tower never said anything about the dc-9 except we were to follow him to the ramp. We taxied in after the dc-9 passed. We should have obviously gone around, had we not assumed the dc-9 had cleared. He was obscured in the red end lights until we were on the ground.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR MLG CLAIMS THAT HE LANDED ON AN OCCUPIED RWY.

Narrative: WE WERE ON FINAL APCH TO RWY 36 AT DCA AND CLRED TO LAND. WE WERE FOLLOWING A DC-9 WHICH WAS 3 MI AHEAD. HE LANDED, AND WE LOST SIGHT OF HIM AT THE FAR END OF THE RWY. AS WE LANDED, I THOUGHT I COULD SEE THE DC-9 STILL ON THE RWY, BUT WE HAD ALREADY TOUCHED DOWN AND REVERSED AND SPOILERS WERE ALREADY DEPLOYED. THE FO STOPPED THE ACFT VERY WELL, AND WE CLRED THE RWY WELL SHORT (2000 FT) OF THE DC-9'S POS. HE ACTUALLY WAS CLRING ABOUT THE SAME TIME WE DID. THE TWR NEVER SAID ANYTHING ABOUT THE DC-9 EXCEPT WE WERE TO FOLLOW HIM TO THE RAMP. WE TAXIED IN AFTER THE DC-9 PASSED. WE SHOULD HAVE OBVIOUSLY GONE AROUND, HAD WE NOT ASSUMED THE DC-9 HAD CLRED. HE WAS OBSCURED IN THE RED END LIGHTS UNTIL WE WERE ON THE GND.

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.