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Excessive float during landing flare, reporter captain orders PF, first officer, to go around. Reporter faults hump in runway distorting the visual cues.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 335003 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199605 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : aus |
| State Reference | TX |
| 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 | MD-80 Super 80 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | landing : go around landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 8000 |
| ASRS Report | 335003 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground less severe other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
First officer flying flight IAS-aus. All aspects normal until the flare from on speed stabilized visual approach to runway 13R. The aircraft (MD80) floated excessively and we had not touched down passing the 4000 ft remaining marker. I commanded a go around which the first officer correctly performed but due to late initiation the wheels touched (barely). Recent events at my airline combined with the appearance of the runway, which has pronounced hump in it, may have made me a little gun shy causing my first (unintentional) touch-and-go under part 121 with passenger.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: EXCESSIVE FLOAT DURING LNDG FLARE, RPTR CAPT ORDERS PF, FO, TO GAR. RPTR FAULTS HUMP IN RWY DISTORTING THE VISUAL CUES.
Narrative: FO FLYING FLT IAS-AUS. ALL ASPECTS NORMAL UNTIL THE FLARE FROM ON SPD STABILIZED VISUAL APCH TO RWY 13R. THE ACFT (MD80) FLOATED EXCESSIVELY AND WE HAD NOT TOUCHED DOWN PASSING THE 4000 FT REMAINING MARKER. I COMMANDED A GAR WHICH THE FO CORRECTLY PERFORMED BUT DUE TO LATE INITIATION THE WHEELS TOUCHED (BARELY). RECENT EVENTS AT MY AIRLINE COMBINED WITH THE APPEARANCE OF THE RWY, WHICH HAS PRONOUNCED HUMP IN IT, MAY HAVE MADE ME A LITTLE GUN SHY CAUSING MY FIRST (UNINTENTIONAL) TOUCH-AND-GO UNDER PART 121 WITH PAX.
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.