CAPT OF ACR LGT ACFT DID NOT GAR WHEN INSTRUCTED BY TWR BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL.

1992-10 · NASA ASRS report 223212

Date: 1992-10 · Aircraft: Large Transport; Low Wing; 3 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far

Synopsis

CAPT OF ACR LGT ACFT DID NOT GAR WHEN INSTRUCTED BY TWR BECAUSE OF LOW FUEL.

Narrative

DURING AN APCH INTO GSO (GREENSBORO; NC); WE WERE FOLLOWING AN ACR MLG ACFT BY 4-5 MI AND CLRED FOR A VISUAL APCH. HE LANDED AND WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF RWY 14 (IT CROSSES RWY 23 AT APPROX 200 FT FROM THE SW END OF 23 -- A 10000 FT LONG RWY (23). HE ACKNOWLEDGED AND LANDED. (SEE ENCLOSED ARPT DIAGRAM.) HE TOUCHED DOWN AT N (APPROX) AND CONTINUED DOWN THE RWY. TWR TOLD HIM TO CLR AT K AND HE ACKNOWLEDGED. HE DIDN'T MAKE K AND TWR TOLD HIM TO EXPEDITE TO J BECAUSE WE WERE ON SHORT FINAL. HE ACKNOWLEDGED AND THEN WENT TO RWY 32-14 INSTEAD. AT 100 FT; TWR TOLD US TO GAR. I REFUSED BECAUSE OF MIN FUEL (CAUSED BY AN ATC MANDATED EARLY DSCNT AND GAMES IN THE TFC PATTERN; AND LANDED). WHEN I LANDED; ACR WAS ON 32/14 WHICH I WAS TOLD TO HOLD SHORT OF AND HE WAS NOT A FACTOR. I TURNED OFF AT M WITH REVERSE AND MIN BRAKING. ON 2 OTHER OCCASIONS WHEN I'VE GONE AROUND AND TOLD THE TWR I WAS MIN FUEL I DID NOT RECEIVE WHAT I CONSIDER EXPEDITIOUS HANDLING. I ALSO DO NOT BELIEVE MY ACTIONS ENDANGERED ANYONE AND WAS THE PROPER COURSE OF ACTION UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.

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