ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WINDSHEAR ON FINAL APCH AND ABANDONED THE APCH. DURING THE SECOND APCH; WINDSHEAR CAUSED AIRSPD INCREASES WHICH RESULTED IN INDICATED AIRSPDS ABOVE FLAP LIMIT SPDS. ACFT LANDED WITHIN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE.
Synopsis
ACFT ENCOUNTERED SEVERE WINDSHEAR ON FINAL APCH AND ABANDONED THE APCH. DURING THE SECOND APCH; WINDSHEAR CAUSED AIRSPD INCREASES WHICH RESULTED IN INDICATED AIRSPDS ABOVE FLAP LIMIT SPDS. ACFT LANDED WITHIN THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE.
Narrative
DIVERT TO BWI BECAUSE OF FRONTAL PASSAGE WHICH RESULTED IN RPTS OF 30 KT WINDSHEAR AT IAD. ON APCH AT BWI; ENCOUNTERED WINDSHEAR; WHICH RESULTED IN A FLAP OVERSPD FOR FLAPS 5 DEGS. WE DID A GAR AND EVALUATED OUR OPTIONS WHICH TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION OUR DECREASING FUEL SIT; WX AT BWI; ELT AND DECIDED TO MAKE ANOTHER APCH AT BWI. WE ENCOUNTERED SIGNIFICANT TAILWIND ON FINAL; EXPECTING WIND TO SHIFT TO A HEADWIND. LANDED LONG (BUT STILL ABLE TO GET STOPPED WITH PLENTY OF RWY) DUE TO EXTRA AIRSPD; TAILWIND AND FAILURE TO GET FINAL FLAP SELECTION OF 30 DEGS INSTEAD OF 25 DEGS. IT WAS A VERY RAPID AND DYNAMIC SET OF EVENTS; SOME FAST DECISIONS WERE MADE. IN RETROSPECT; WE WOULD NOT HAVE CHANGED OUR LNDG ARPT BUT AN INQUIRY ABOUT LATEST SURFACE WIND WOULD HAVE BEEN IN ORDER. I NOTICED FLAPS AT 25 DEGS AT ABOUT 150 FT; CALLED FOR FLAPS 30 DEGS. CAPT SAID ROGER; FLAPS 30 DEGS; BUT NEVER SELECTED FLAPS 30 DEGS. FLAPS 25 DEGS IS A LEGAL LNDG FLAP FOR ACFT; BUT NOT THE BEST IN THIS SIT. THIS OVERSIGHT CONTRIBUTED TO OUR LNDG RIGHT ON THE LIMIT OF THE TOUCHDOWN ZONE.
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