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B727 first officer complaint of heavy rubber deposits on runway 18L at cvg which impact sighting the centerline stripes and braking action.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 375348 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199707 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : cvg |
| 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 | B727 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 : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 3700 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 375348 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
The 1500 ft normal landing zone of cvg runway 18L is completely covered in rubber deposits. The centerline stripes are invisible. Braking action in this area could be adversely affected. Finding the landing zone during a low visibility approach will be difficult. It requires cleaning and repainting. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: reporter states that the reciprocal runway is also heavily covered with rubber deposits, but 75% of the time runway 18L is the runway in use. Airport construction concentrates even more traffic than usual onto this runway. It is virtually impossible to identify the centerline stripes and in poor WX this could impact a landing or departure. Reporter submitted a report of the conditions to his company. Reporter was advised of the FAA hotline.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727 FO COMPLAINT OF HVY RUBBER DEPOSITS ON RWY 18L AT CVG WHICH IMPACT SIGHTING THE CTRLINE STRIPES AND BRAKING ACTION.
Narrative: THE 1500 FT NORMAL LNDG ZONE OF CVG RWY 18L IS COMPLETELY COVERED IN RUBBER DEPOSITS. THE CTRLINE STRIPES ARE INVISIBLE. BRAKING ACTION IN THIS AREA COULD BE ADVERSELY AFFECTED. FINDING THE LNDG ZONE DURING A LOW VISIBILITY APCH WILL BE DIFFICULT. IT REQUIRES CLEANING AND REPAINTING. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: RPTR STATES THAT THE RECIPROCAL RWY IS ALSO HEAVILY COVERED WITH RUBBER DEPOSITS, BUT 75% OF THE TIME RWY 18L IS THE RWY IN USE. ARPT CONSTRUCTION CONCENTRATES EVEN MORE TFC THAN USUAL ONTO THIS RWY. IT IS VIRTUALLY IMPOSSIBLE TO IDENT THE CTRLINE STRIPES AND IN POOR WX THIS COULD IMPACT A LNDG OR DEP. RPTR SUBMITTED A RPT OF THE CONDITIONS TO HIS COMPANY. RPTR WAS ADVISED OF THE FAA HOTLINE.
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.