B757 flight crew instructed to land and hold short of crossing runway, but WX in area created a tailwind and rather than go around into a thunderstorm, reporter aircraft landed. Apparently unable to hold short with the tailwind. Pilot deviation.

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Attributes
ACN	343950
Time
Date	199608
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
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 : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	343950
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Bos conducting land/hold short operations to runway 15R hold short of runway 9/27. ATIS wind reported 120 degrees at 6 KTS. On short final tower reported wind as 030 degrees at 8 KTS for 4 KT tailwind. During approach a large thunderstorm had been observed radar and visually directly over the missed approach route. Elected to continue to landing as safer than going around into a thunderstorm.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLC INSTRUCTED TO LAND AND HOLD SHORT OF XING RWY, BUT WX IN AREA CREATED A TAILWIND AND RATHER THAN GAR INTO A TSTM, RPTR ACFT LANDED. APPARENTLY UNABLE TO HOLD SHORT WITH THE TAILWIND. PLT DEV.

Narrative: BOS CONDUCTING LAND/HOLD SHORT OPS TO RWY 15R HOLD SHORT OF RWY 9/27. ATIS WIND RPTED 120 DEGS AT 6 KTS. ON SHORT FINAL TWR RPTED WIND AS 030 DEGS AT 8 KTS FOR 4 KT TAILWIND. DURING APCH A LARGE TSTM HAD BEEN OBSERVED RADAR AND VISUALLY DIRECTLY OVER THE MISSED APCH RTE. ELECTED TO CONTINUE TO LNDG AS SAFER THAN GOING AROUND INTO A TSTM.

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.