CAPT OF ACR LGT ACFT LANDED WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. TOLD TO GAR.

Date: 1992-10 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport

Anomalies: conflict-ground-conflict|less-severe|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-landing-without-clearance|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-clearance|other-unspecified

Synopsis

CAPT OF ACR LGT ACFT LANDED WITHOUT TWR CLRNC. TOLD TO GAR.

Narrative

WE WERE FOLLOWING AN ACR MLG TO 23 AT GSO. SPACING WAS GOOD; HOWEVER; THE MLG TOOK A LONG TIME CLRING THE RWY. WHILE APCHING TAXIWAY K; TWR TOLD HIM TO CLR THE RWY BECAUSE OF US BEING ON FINAL APCH TO THE RWY. MLG ACFT SAID THAT THEY MISSED K AND WOULD HAVE TO CONTINUE (TO H OR 14/32; I ASSUME). AT THIS POINT; TWR TOLD US TO GAR. THE CAPT KEYED THE MIKE AND ANNOUNCED: NEGATIVE ON THE GAR; WE'RE AT THIN FUEL. HE THEN CONTINUED HIS APCH AND SUBSEQUENT LNDG ON 23. WE CLRED AT TAXIWAY M. AT THE TIME WE TOUCHED DOWN AT THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE; I OBSERVED THE MLG CLRING AT TAXIWAY H OR 14/32. WE HAD APPROX 9000 FT OF UNOBSTRUCTED RWY WHEN WE LANDED. ALTHOUGH I WOULD HAVE ACCOMPLISHED THE MISSED APCH HAD I BEEN PIC; I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS THE CAPT HAD. HE FELT IT WAS MORE PRUDENT TO LAND ON THE 9000 FT OF RWY AHEAD OF HIM; INSTEAD OF RISKING THE POSSIBILITY OF RUNNING INTO A PROBLEM WITHOUT AN ABUNDANCE OF FUEL; IF WE MADE A MISSED APCH. BECAUSE OF THE SHORT DURATION OF THE EVENT; A DISCUSSION AMONGST THE CREW MEMBERS WAS OUT OF THE QUESTION.

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