Long landing in a B737-800 when the PIC is distraction by a malfunctioning HUD at mco, fl.

Attributes
ACN	505010
Time
Date	200103
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mco.airport
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing : roll
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : flight engineer pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 275 flight time total : 12000 flight time type : 830
ASRS Report	505010
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Aircraft
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

Became overly concerned with conflicting information displayed by HUD during visual approach resulting in landing long.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LONG LNDG IN A B737-800 WHEN THE PIC IS DISTR BY A MALFUNCTIONING HUD AT MCO, FL.

Narrative: BECAME OVERLY CONCERNED WITH CONFLICTING INFO DISPLAYED BY HUD DURING VISUAL APCH RESULTING IN LNDG LONG.

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.