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Super MD80 was requested to test the autoland system. Touchdown normal but on rollout autoplt called for full left aileron. Disconnected autoplt and regained control. Maintenance inspection revealed left wing tail light lens broken and 3 inch metal scrape.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 366709 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199704 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| 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 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| ASRS Report | 366709 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 366517 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical conflict : ground critical other anomaly |
| Independent Detector | aircraft equipment other aircraft equipment : unspecified other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : overcame equipment problem flight crew : regained aircraft control |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Per flight plan request autoland landing made at ewr. ATIS gave ceiling 40 overcast -- 10 plus mi visibility and I think winds 340/10 -- landing runway 4R. Approach was briefed and autoplt on one. Autoplt captured localizer and GS normally. All callouts were normal and at around 1400 ft captain indicated he had the runway in sight and had control of the aircraft. Autoplt continued to function normally and callouts were normal through touchdown. Touchdown felt smooth but almost immediately autoplt rapidly rolled full left aileron. Captain immediately disconnected autoplt and applied correction. On postflt the left wing tail light lens was found to be broken and there was a small -- less than 3 inches -- scrape in the aft corner of the left wingtip.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: SUPER MD80 WAS REQUESTED TO TEST THE AUTOLAND SYS. TOUCHDOWN NORMAL BUT ON ROLLOUT AUTOPLT CALLED FOR FULL L AILERON. DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND REGAINED CTL. MAINT INSPECTION REVEALED L WING TAIL LIGHT LENS BROKEN AND 3 INCH METAL SCRAPE.
Narrative: PER FLT PLAN REQUEST AUTOLAND LNDG MADE AT EWR. ATIS GAVE CEILING 40 OVCST -- 10 PLUS MI VISIBILITY AND I THINK WINDS 340/10 -- LNDG RWY 4R. APCH WAS BRIEFED AND AUTOPLT ON ONE. AUTOPLT CAPTURED LOC AND GS NORMALLY. ALL CALLOUTS WERE NORMAL AND AT AROUND 1400 FT CAPT INDICATED HE HAD THE RWY IN SIGHT AND HAD CTL OF THE ACFT. AUTOPLT CONTINUED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY AND CALLOUTS WERE NORMAL THROUGH TOUCHDOWN. TOUCHDOWN FELT SMOOTH BUT ALMOST IMMEDIATELY AUTOPLT RAPIDLY ROLLED FULL L AILERON. CAPT IMMEDIATELY DISCONNECTED AUTOPLT AND APPLIED CORRECTION. ON POSTFLT THE L WING TAIL LIGHT LENS WAS FOUND TO BE BROKEN AND THERE WAS A SMALL -- LESS THAN 3 INCHES -- SCRAPE IN THE AFT CORNER OF THE L WINGTIP.
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.