SUPPLEMENTAL ACR MDT LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY ON A NIGHT FERRY FLT.
Synopsis
SUPPLEMENTAL ACR MDT LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY ON A NIGHT FERRY FLT.
Narrative
THE INCIDENT WAS DURING A TRIP FROM BOS TO MTH WITH FUEL STOPS AT ORF AND JAX WITH CARGO; THEN A TAIL END FERRY FLT FROM MTH TO FTW WITH FUEL STOPS AT TPA AND BTR. XX30 AM. ON THE STOP AT BTR WE LANDED ON A CLOSED RWY THE ATIS NOTAMED THE RWYS 22R; 4L AND A XING RWY CLOSED. THEN SAID THAT RWY LIGHTING FOR 22R WAS PLT CTLED ON TWR FREQ. THE TWR WAS CLOSED AND CENTER CLRED US FOR AN APCH AT 3000 FT. THE WX WAS LOW SCATTERED CLOUDS ABOUT 7 MI VISIBILITY WIND WAS LIGHT SE. WE SAW THE ARPT BEACON AT ABOUT 5 MI OUT. ACTIVATED THE RWY LIGHTS AND SAW THE APCH LIGHTS AND SEQUENCED FLASHING LIGHTS FOR RWY 22R; ELECTED TO MAKE A VISUAL APCH. MY INITIAL PLAN WAS TO MAKE AN APCH TO 4R BUT BEING IN A BETTER POS FOR 22R AND HAVING THE ILS UP AND APCH LIGHTS IN SIGHT CHANGED TO RWY 22R. WE CROSSED THE ARPT WENT OUT ABOUT 5 MI ON DOWNWIND TURNED BACK AND INTERCEPTED THE ILS. THERE WAS A SMALL AREA OF CLOUDS OBSCURING THE APCH LIGHTS. I TURNED OFF THE LOC ABOUT 30 DEGS UNTIL I GOT ALONG SIDE THE CLOUDS AND SAW THE APCH LIGHTS AGAIN AND MADE A LOW TURN TO FINAL AT WHICH TIME WE NOTICED THE RWY LIGHTS WERE OFF. THE FO KEYED THE MIC SEVERAL TIMES WHICH CHANGED THE APCH LIGHT INTENSITY BUT DID NOT LIGHT THE RWY. BY THEN THE LNDG LIGHTS LIT THE RWY AND WE LANDED NOTICING HALF WAY DOWN THE RWY A CREW WAS WORKING ON THE CROSS RWY ON THE EDGE OF RWY 22R; I DID NOT REQUEST AND WAS NOT OFFERED NOTAMS DURING THE WX BRIEFING AT TPA. I BELIEVE THAT BEING ABLE TO ACTIVATE THE APCH LIGHTS AND THE ILS BEING UP ON A CLOSED RWY; FATIGUE FROM A LONG TRIP; BEING XX30 AM AND THE LOW TURN TO FINAL; CAUSED CONFUSION ON MY PART AS TO WHAT RWYS WERE CLOSED. I SHOULD HAVE REQUESTED NOTAMS PAID MORE ATTN TO THE ATIS AND SHOULDN'T HAVE LANDED ON AN UNLIGHTED RWY. TAIL END FERRY TIME SHOULD BE CONSIDERED PART OF FLT AND DUTY TIME.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.