Flight crew landed at den prior to previous aircraft completely exiting the runway.

Attributes
ACN	422516
Time
Date	199812
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : den
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737 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
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 7600 flight time type : 600
ASRS Report	422516
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 240 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 1600
ASRS Report	422264
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe non adherence : required legal separation non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	horizontal : 10000 vertical : 0
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	Operational Error

Narrative:

We were cleared for the visual approach to runway 35L at den. Tower then cleared us to land on runway 35L at approximately 1200 ft AGL. We were following a B737 that had landed and rolled out to the far end of runway 35L. The captain and I had a difficult time determining if the aircraft had cleared the runway, but we believed it did. I asked tower to verify our landing clearance, but they never responded to us. From our view it appeared the preceding B737 had cleared runway 35L. Upon our touchdown, we noticed the logo lights on the tail of the preceding aircraft. We realized that the aircraft was on the runway when we touched down. Factors: could not determine if the aircraft was on the runway because of the runway lights. In addition, the aircraft was at the far end of a 12000 ft runway. Frequency congestion -- tower never responded to our call to verify the landing clearance and did not tell us to go around.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC LANDED AT DEN PRIOR TO PREVIOUS ACFT COMPLETELY EXITING THE RWY.

Narrative: WE WERE CLRED FOR THE VISUAL APCH TO RWY 35L AT DEN. TWR THEN CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 35L AT APPROX 1200 FT AGL. WE WERE FOLLOWING A B737 THAT HAD LANDED AND ROLLED OUT TO THE FAR END OF RWY 35L. THE CAPT AND I HAD A DIFFICULT TIME DETERMINING IF THE ACFT HAD CLRED THE RWY, BUT WE BELIEVED IT DID. I ASKED TWR TO VERIFY OUR LNDG CLRNC, BUT THEY NEVER RESPONDED TO US. FROM OUR VIEW IT APPEARED THE PRECEDING B737 HAD CLRED RWY 35L. UPON OUR TOUCHDOWN, WE NOTICED THE LOGO LIGHTS ON THE TAIL OF THE PRECEDING ACFT. WE REALIZED THAT THE ACFT WAS ON THE RWY WHEN WE TOUCHED DOWN. FACTORS: COULD NOT DETERMINE IF THE ACFT WAS ON THE RWY BECAUSE OF THE RWY LIGHTS. IN ADDITION, THE ACFT WAS AT THE FAR END OF A 12000 FT RWY. FREQ CONGESTION -- TWR NEVER RESPONDED TO OUR CALL TO VERIFY THE LNDG CLRNC AND DID NOT TELL US TO GO AROUND.

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.