Incident Overview
During an approach to an airport, air traffic control initially cleared the flight for the approach to runway 7. The captain briefed the first officer for that approach. Subsequently, the crew received a gate assignment and requested, and was cleared for, an approach to runway 8. No additional briefing was conducted for the runway 8 approach. According to the investigation, there was no discussion regarding runway length or the fact that runway 8 was a visual runway, lacking the lighting and markings associated with an instrument runway.
Flight Details
The target airspeed for the approach was 135 knots. The last airspeed callout from the crew was 137 knots, and flight data recorder information showed the actual approach speed was 137.5 knots. Data from the flight data recorder also indicated that the airplane touched down approximately 2,000 feet past the approach end of the 6,000-foot-long runway.
Landing and Overrun
Upon touchdown, the captain deployed the thrust reversers and applied the wheel brakes. When he noticed that the end of the runway was approaching faster than anticipated, he applied maximum braking and maximum reverse thrust. Despite these actions, the aircraft rolled beyond the end of the paved surface. It came to rest within one airplane length of the departure end of the runway, with the empennage positioned over the end of the runway.