FLC PROC DEV IN FAILING TO GIVE THE FINAL LNDG SIGNAL TO CABIN ATTENDANTS. LANDED WITH 2 STANDING.

Date: 1992-02 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|inflight-event-encounter-weather-turbulence|other-unspecified

Synopsis

FLC PROC DEV IN FAILING TO GIVE THE FINAL LNDG SIGNAL TO CABIN ATTENDANTS. LANDED WITH 2 STANDING.

Narrative

ORLANDO'S WX WAS DOWN WITH FOG AND THE ARPT WAS RUNNING CAT III APCHS TO RWYS 36R AND RWY 35. DURING OUR MANEUVERING FOR THE APCH TO 36R; ATC RPTED THE RVR ON 35 WAS HIGHER THAN 36; SO WE REQUESTED RWY 35; STILL PLANNING TO ACCOMPLISH A CAT III AUTO APCH AND LNDG. THE FO WAS FLYING THE ACFT; AND OUR CAT III PROCS REQUIRE A 'MONITORED APCH'. DURING THE APCH TO THE FIELD I MADE A P.S. ADVISING THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO PREPARE FOR LNDG. I ALSO BRIEFED THE APCH AND DISCUSSED IT AT LENGTH WITH THE FO. WE WERE FULLY FOCUSED ON THE CAT III APCH (A FIRST ACTUAL CAT III FOR BOTH OF US) AND FORGOT TO GIVE THE FLT ATTENDANTS 3 BELLS A SIGNAL OF IMMINENT LNDG. BECAUSE OF THE DENSE FOG THEY DID NOT SEE THE GND AS A CLUE FOR LNDG; AND 2 OF THE 4 ON BOARD WERE STANDING AT TOUCHDOWN; 1 MID CABIN AND 1 IN THE FORWARD GALLEY. FORTUNATELY THE AUTO LNDG WAS SMOOTH AND NEITHER FLT ATTENDANTS WERE HURT. LESSON; WHEN THINGS ARE OUT OF THE ORDINARY TAKE TIME TO THINK OF ALL OF THE STANDARD ITEMS AS WELL; EVEN IF THEY ARE NOT ON THE CHKLIST.

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