AT NIGHT; LATE RWY CHANGE FROM TWR; FLC NOT PRE-BRIEFED OR FAMILIAR WITH DETAILS OF NEW RWY; LANDED LONG ON SHORT RWY. HAD TO USE MAX REVERSE AND BRAKES TO STOP. FLC RECOMMENDS MORE ADVANCE NOTICE FROM TWR AND/OR ATIS IN ORDER TO PREPARE BETTER.

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ON THE NIGHT OF DEC/XX/95 WHILE ON FINAL FOR A VISUAL APCH FOR DCA RWY 36; TWR CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 33. THE WX CLR; ATIS WINDS 320 DEGS AT 10 KTS. I BRIEFED THE MT VERNON VISUAL APCH TO RWY 36 AND APCH SAID WE COULD EXPECT A 5 MI FINAL. THE PLANE WAS FULLY CONFIGURED (GEAR; FULL FLAPS); AND MEDIUM AUTOBRAKES WERE SELECTED. WHEN THE CAPT CALLED THE TWR; THEY CLRED US TO LAND ON RWY 33. I WAS UNSURE OF HOW FAR E OF THE POTOMAC RIVER I COULD GO TO ALIGN MYSELF WITH RWY 33; AND SO I HUGGED THE EAST BANK FAIRLY TIGHT AND CONSEQUENTLY ROLLED OUT ON A FAIRLY SHORT FINAL APCH. I OVERSHOT SLIGHTLY AND CORRECTED BACK. AUTOTHROTTLES WERE IN USE AND SPD WAS 140-145 KTS THROUGHOUT THE MANEUVERING. AS I ROLLED OUT ON FINAL; THE VASI'S SHOWED WHITE OVER WHITE AS I CORRECTED. I STABILIZED ON GLIDEPATH APPROX 500 FT. ONCE OVER THE RWY; I PULLED THE THROTTLES TO IDLE AT APPROX 30 FT; AND AS I FLARED; I LEVELED OFF AT ABOUT 6 FT ABOVE THE RWY AND BEGAN TO FLOAT. I TOUCHED DOWN APPROX 2500 FT DOWN THE RWY AND APPLIED MAX REVERSE. BOTH THE CAPT AND I STOOD ON THE BRAKES; AND KEPT THE ENGS IN FULL REVERSE UNTIL APPROX 15 KTS GND SPD. WE STOPPED ABEAM THE RWY TURN-OFF LINES AS A LOT OF DEBRIS SWIRLED PAST THE COCKPIT WINDOWS. THE ENGS HAD NOT COMPRESSOR STALLED; BUT WE WERE BOTH IMMEDIATELY CONCERNED ABOUT ENG DAMAGE. THE CAPT TOOK THE AIRPLANE AND MADE A 180 DEG L TURN TO BACK TAXI AND EXIT THE RWY. WE HAD MAINT INSPECT THE ACFT; NO DAMAGE WAS FOUND. SUGGESTIONS: ATIS AND APCH/TWR COULD WARN US THAT RWY 33 IS IN USE; AND HOW LONG IT IS (5200 FT APPROX). ON OUR 10-7 PAGE; A SPECIFIC NOTE SHOULD BE MADE TO EXECUTE A MAP IF NOT ON THE GND BY 2000 FT AS WE HAVE AT SANTA ANA (500 FT LONGER THAN DCA RWY 33). I'VE LEARNED THAT 5200 FT OF RWY WITH A BLAST FENCE AT THE END AND AT NIGHT DOESN'T GIVE ANY ROOM FOR ANYTHING LESS THAN AN IDEAL LNDG IN THE FORWARD PORTION OF THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE. IN THE FUTURE I WON'T ACCEPT SUCH AN APCH; AND I'LL ADVOCATE THE SAME IDEA TO THE CAPT I FLY WITH.