B727 CREW HAD #1 SLAT CONTACT RWY ON LNDG.

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CONFIGURED FLAPS 30 DEGS AND GEAR DOWN; CROSSED THE SHORELINE OVER THE STROBE LIGHT AT THE FENCE LINE. STARTED TURN TO FINAL USING UP TO 30 DEG BANK TO ALIGN WITH RWY. ACFT WENT SLIGHTLY L OF RWY CTRLINE WHILE TURN CONTINUED TO THE R. THEN BANKED L SLIGHTLY TO CAPTURE RWY CTRLINE. THE L WING DIPPED JUST PRIOR TO THE L MAIN TOUCHING DOWN. THE LNDG FELT NORMAL (NOT HARD) AND THE ROLLOUT WAS SMOOTH WITH MINIMUM BRAKING AND PLENTY OF RWY REMAINING. TAXI IN WAS NORMAL AND SMOOTH (CREW DID NOT REALIZE AN ABRASION HAD OCCURRED). FE NOTED AN ABRASION ON THE #1 LEADING EDGE SLAT; OUTBOARD FLAP; OUTBOARD JACKSCREW COVER AND OUTBOARD FLAP RAIL COVER. A TEMPORARY REPAIR WAS MADE WITH SPD TAPE BY MAINT PERSONNEL AND A FERRY PERMIT WAS ISSUED FOR THE CREW TO FERRY THE ACFT TO A MAINT STATION. THE ACFT WAS REPAIRED AND ON-LINE THE NEXT MORNING. FACTORS: NO ATIS; LEEWARD TWR RPTED THE WINDS AT 060 KTS WITH NO INDICATION OF GUSTS. LNDG ON RWY 10; THE WAY THE ACFT RESPONDED INDICATED WINDS FROM THE OCEANSIDE (APPROX 140 KTS). THE WAY THE L WING DIPPED AT TOUCHDOWN FELT AS IF A WIND GUST MIGHT HAVE LIFTED THE R WING ALSO INDICATING WINDS FROM THE R (OCEAN SIDE) CONTRADICTING THE RPT FROM LEEWARD TWR. A SHARP TURN (30+ DEG BANK) IS REQUIRED TO ALIGN THE ACFT WITH THE CTRLINE WHILE AT A LOW ALT (APPROX 400 FT AGL). OUR PROCS LIMIT US TO 30 DEG BANKS SO IF THE WIND RPT IS NOT CURRENT OR ACCURATE; OVERSHOOTING THE CTRLINE IS INEVITABLE; AND A STABILIZED FINAL IS NOT POSSIBLE AS FAR AS ALIGNMENT. ALSO; A C130 DEPARTED RWY 10 PRIOR TO OUR ARR. WITH VFR DEPS; WE DID NOT CONSIDER LNDG RWY 28 WITH A TAILWIND. RECOMMENDATIONS: OPEN GUANTANAMO W AIRSPACE AND CHANGE THE BRIEFING PACKAGE TO SHOW A STRAIGHT-IN VISUAL APCH TO RWY 10 AS THE NORMAL APCH. INCLUDE ALT/DISTANCE REF POINTS TO ASSURE OBSTACLE CLRNC ON APCH. INSTALL A LOC AND GS FOR RWY 10 TO ADD INST REF TO THE APCH. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 464072: I WAS CAPT; FO WAS FLYING ACFT. VISUAL APCH CALLS FOR EXCESSIVE BANK ANGLE ON LOW FINAL APCH DUE TO CUBAN AIRSPACE 3/4 NM FROM RWY 10 THRESHOLD. ALL ASPECTS OF FLT WERE NORMAL INCLUDING TURN ONTO RWY; EXCEPT THAT FO OVERSHOT CTRLINE OF RWY THEN BANKED BACK TO ALIGN ACFT. WIND GUST CREATED A STEEPER BANK ANGLE. I ATTEMPTED TO APPLY OPPOSITE CTL BUT THERE WAS NOT ENOUGH TIME TO AVOID SCRAPING L LEADING EDGE OF SLAT ON RWY. I FELT FO SHOULD FLY THE APCH BECAUSE HE SAID HE HAS BEEN IN GUANTANAMO NUMEROUS TIMES AND THE APCH CALLED FOR A TIGHT R PATTERN AND I FELT HE WOULD HAVE A BETTER VIEW; I HAD NEVER BEEN TO THIS ARPT. IN RETROSPECT; THE CAPT SHOULD FLY THAT APCH BECAUSE ALT AND BANK ANGLES REQUIRED FOR THE APCH DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH TIME FOR A PNF TO TAKE THE ACFT FROM THE PF; AND AVOID GND CONTACT. OPERATOR SHOULD PROVIDE BETTER TRAINING FOR THIS PARTICULAR APCH.