Flight crew lands short.

Attributes
ACN	318311
Time
Date	199510
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : tol
State Reference	OH
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
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
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 6400 flight time type : 2500
ASRS Report	318311
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified cockpit
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 procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Captain landed 300 ft short of displaced threshold. ATIS out and tower reported first 1200 ft displaced due to construction. Winds gusty. No displaced threshold markings on runway except light posts and 3 orange barrels on side of runway to indicate where actual landing zone started. An arresting wire and marking across runway was confused by captain as the actual threshold. Captain has been making a habit of landing 'on the numbers' at airports without ILS/VASI and this contributed to landing short. Temporary painted markings or tape etc, on the runway to clearly indicate where threshold started would have prevented this. Another airline crew landing after us reported difficulty with the runway markings as well.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC LANDS SHORT.

Narrative: CAPT LANDED 300 FT SHORT OF DISPLACED THRESHOLD. ATIS OUT AND TWR RPTED FIRST 1200 FT DISPLACED DUE TO CONSTRUCTION. WINDS GUSTY. NO DISPLACED THRESHOLD MARKINGS ON RWY EXCEPT LIGHT POSTS AND 3 ORANGE BARRELS ON SIDE OF RWY TO INDICATE WHERE ACTUAL LNDG ZONE STARTED. AN ARRESTING WIRE AND MARKING ACROSS RWY WAS CONFUSED BY CAPT AS THE ACTUAL THRESHOLD. CAPT HAS BEEN MAKING A HABIT OF LNDG 'ON THE NUMBERS' AT ARPTS WITHOUT ILS/VASI AND THIS CONTRIBUTED TO LNDG SHORT. TEMPORARY PAINTED MARKINGS OR TAPE ETC, ON THE RWY TO CLRLY INDICATE WHERE THRESHOLD STARTED WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THIS. ANOTHER AIRLINE CREW LNDG AFTER US RPTED DIFFICULTY WITH THE RWY MARKINGS AS WELL.

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.