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