MLG ON ILS APCH LANDS IN GRASS PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF RWY.

Date: 1993-07 · Aircraft: Medium Large Transport; Low Wing; 2 Turbojet Eng

Anomalies: ground-incursion-runway|inflight-event-encounter-cftt-cfit

Synopsis

MLG ON ILS APCH LANDS IN GRASS PRIOR TO BEGINNING OF RWY.

Narrative

DURING THE IN-RANGE CHKLIST; I BRIEFED THE APCH TO RWY 24. THE WX WAS 100 X 2400 RVR. AS PER COMPANY POLICY THIS REQUIRED A MONITORED APCH WHICH I BROUGHT TO THE ATTN OF THE CAPT. HE SAID THAT I WOULD DO THE LNDG AS PER A NORMAL ILS APCH. DURING THIS DISCUSSION I COULD SEE THE ISLAND CLRLY AND THOUGHT THAT ALTHOUGH THE WX WAS RPTED AS 2400 RVR THAT IT WAS VERY LIKELY BETTER AND AGREED TO DOING THE LNDG. THE APCH WAS NORMAL; UP TO THE POINT OF REACHING THE DECISION HT (200 FT) AT WHICH POINT I INITIATED THE MISSED APCH BY PRESSING THE TOGA BUTTONS. THE NEXT INSTANT AND ALMOST AT THE SAME TIME THE CAPT YELLED 'LAND; LAND!' I LOOKED UP AND SAW THE RWY APCH LIGHTS OVER THE NOSE; DISENGAGED THE AUTO THROTTLE AS THEY WERE IN GAR MODE AND REDUCED THE PWR TO CONTINUE THE APCH. THE RWY LIGHTS CAME INTO VIEW AND AS THERE WERE NO CALLOUTS BEING MADE BY THE CAPT; I CALLED OUT; 'WHAT IS MY SPD' AND THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. AT THIS POINT I HAD TO SIT A LITTLE BACK TO SEE THE INSTS AND NOTICED THAT WE WERE ABOUT 10 KTS SLOW AND A LITTLE BELOW THE GS. I IMMEDIATELY APPLIED PWR BUT I HAD RETARDED THE PWR ENOUGH TO HAVE THE ENGS SPOOL DOWN AND WAS UNABLE TO RECOVER. WE TOUCHED DOWN AT WHAT I THOUGHT TO BE ABOUT 150 FT FROM THE RWY. AS PER NORMAL ILS PROCS THE CAPT SHOULD HAVE GIVEN ALT CALLOUTS AND ALSO CALLOUTS FOR DEVS FROM NORMAL SAFE APCH CRITERIA; I.E.; SPD; GS DEV; ETC. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 247969: THE FLT WAS NORMAL THROUGH COMPLETION OF APCH CHKLIST. THE FO FLEW THE APCH AND LNDG. ALTHOUGH WE LANDED SHORT; THIS WAS NOT FULLY REALIZED UNTIL TKOF ROLL THE NEXT DAY (TIRE MARKS IN GRASS). THE ACFT LOOKED NORMAL ON POST-FLT AND ON PREFLT THE NEXT DAY. WE TOUCHED DOWN SHORT BECAUSE I DID NOT REACT QUICKLY ENOUGH.

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