PLT LANDED ON THRESHOLD VICE RWY. RPTR CLAIMS THERE WERE NEITHER RWY LIGHTS NOR PAPI. FAA FOLLOW-UP.

1996-06 · NASA ASRS report 338083

Date: 1996-06 · Aircraft: Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer

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

Synopsis

PLT LANDED ON THRESHOLD VICE RWY. RPTR CLAIMS THERE WERE NEITHER RWY LIGHTS NOR PAPI. FAA FOLLOW-UP.

Narrative

ON JUN/XX/96 I LANDED AT CMA. THE FLT WAS FROM VGT TO CMA WITH CMA ATIS RPTING OBSCURED 1500 FT BROKEN; 4 MI VISIBILITY IN FOG. CMA ATIS ALSO ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A DISPLACED OVERRUN WITH ACFT PARKED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE OVERRUN RWY 26. I CLRED FOR A STRAIGHT-IN APCH ON RWY 26 AND TO CALL 3 MI ON FINAL. I CALLED AT 3 MI. TWR SAID THEY DID NOT HAVE ME IN SIGHT; BUT THAT I WAS CLRED TO LAND. ON SHORT FINAL; I OBSERVED THE ACFT (ABOUT 20) PARKED ON EACH SIDE OF THE THRESHOLD. I DID NOT OBSERVE THE PAPI OR APCH LIGHTS; OR ANY LIGHTS. WHEN WELL BEYOND THE PARKED ACFT (1000+ FT) I TOUCHED DOWN ON WHAT LOOKED TO ME LIKE THE RWY. AFTER A 300 FT ROLLOUT I STOPPED AND THEN OBSERVED SOME ORANGE PLASTIC CONES APPROX 500 FT IN FRONT OF ME. THE TWR ADVISED ME I HAD LANDED ON THE CONCRETE THRESHOLD. WHILE TAXIING TO THE RAMP THEY ASKED THAT I CALL THEM ON THE PHONE AFTER SHUTDOWN. THE TWR CHIEF ADVISED ME HE WAS MAKING A FORMAL RPT. WHILE TAXIING OFF THE THRESHOLD; I NOTICED SOME VERY FADED HASH MARKS THAT ARE NOT VISIBLE ON FINAL. AFTER SHUTDOWN I WAS MET BY 2 BONANZA PLTS WHO TOLD ME THEY WERE UNABLE TO SEE ANY APCH LIGHTS UNTIL THE TWR OP TURNED THEM UP FOR LNDGS. THEY HAD LANDED RIGHT BEHIND ME. I REQUESTED THAT TWR AND ATIS VOICE TAPES BE RETAINED FOR REVIEW.

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

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