B757 crew was assigned a lahso clearance in low visibility and on a wet runway in mia.

Attributes
ACN	467038
Time
Date	200003
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	IMC
Weather Elements	Rain
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : mia.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	ils localizer & glide slope : 9r other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : instrument precision
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	467038
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	inflight encounter : weather non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Weather ATC Human Performance Airport FAA
Primary Problem	ATC Human Performance
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : mia.tower

Narrative:

Lahso operations being conducted in rain and WX. Miami tower coordinating lahso operations with rain and WX on and around the airport. Runway 9R being reported 2400 ft RVR while I was on downwind. 5000 ft RVR on short final. Runway 9R wet with some standing water. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the runways involved were landing runway 9R and departing on runway 12. The crew refused the lahso clearance when approach control mentioned it. After contact with tower the lahso clearance was restated. The crew again refused the clearance and was berated by the tower local controller for doing so. After landing the captain called the tower and talked to the supervisor. The reporter expressed concern that the lahso clearance was given to a runway with restricted visibility and was wet with standing water. The tower supervisor was non-committal in his comments. The captain also reported this to his air carrier. Nothing has been heard here either.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 CREW WAS ASSIGNED A LAHSO CLRNC IN LOW VISIBILITY AND ON A WET RWY IN MIA.

Narrative: LAHSO OPS BEING CONDUCTED IN RAIN AND WX. MIAMI TWR COORDINATING LAHSO OPS WITH RAIN AND WX ON AND AROUND THE ARPT. RWY 9R BEING RPTED 2400 FT RVR WHILE I WAS ON DOWNWIND. 5000 FT RVR ON SHORT FINAL. RWY 9R WET WITH SOME STANDING WATER. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RWYS INVOLVED WERE LNDG RWY 9R AND DEPARTING ON RWY 12. THE CREW REFUSED THE LAHSO CLRNC WHEN APCH CTL MENTIONED IT. AFTER CONTACT WITH TWR THE LAHSO CLRNC WAS RESTATED. THE CREW AGAIN REFUSED THE CLRNC AND WAS BERATED BY THE TWR LCL CTLR FOR DOING SO. AFTER LNDG THE CAPT CALLED THE TWR AND TALKED TO THE SUPVR. THE RPTR EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT THE LAHSO CLRNC WAS GIVEN TO A RWY WITH RESTRICTED VISIBILITY AND WAS WET WITH STANDING WATER. THE TWR SUPVR WAS NON-COMMITTAL IN HIS COMMENTS. THE CAPT ALSO RPTED THIS TO HIS ACR. NOTHING HAS BEEN HEARD HERE EITHER.

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.