2003-03 · NASA ASRS report 575335
B727 FLT CREW DSNDS BELOW GS ON ILS APCH AND STRIKES RWY LEAD IN LIGHTS AT UNV.
LNDG AT UNV ARPT; THE VISIBILITY WAS RPTED AT 1/2 MI AND 200 FT. WE INTERCEPTED THE LOC AT 5000 FT AND 24 MI OUT. AT APPROX 13 MI; INTERCEPTED THE GS; WE WERE CLRED FOR THE APCH BY ZNY. AT 1000 FT ABOVE THE FIELD; I HAD GND CONTACT VERT AND PARTIALLY HORIZ THROUGH THE L WINDOW. AT APPROX 250 FT; WE HAD THE RWY ENVIRONMENT; AND AT 210 FT; APPROX; HAD THE WHOLE RWY IN SIGHT. I ASKED THE COPLT WHO WAS FLYING THE APCH IF HE HAD THE FIELD. HIS ANSWER WAS 'WHERE?;' AND I REPLIED 12 O'CLOCK STRAIGHT AHEAD. HE SAID; OK. AT THIS TIME; WE WERE VFR; I WAS CHANGING FREQ ON THE #1 COM; WHEN I NOTICED AN ABRUPT MOVEMENT BY THE FE. AS I LOOKED OUTSIDE; I SAW OUR POS BELOW A NORMAL GLIDE PATH AND THOUGHT WE WERE GOING TO LAND ON THE APCH LIGHTS. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK CTL OF THE AIRPLANE; APPLIED FIREWALL THRUST; AND PULLED THE NOSE UP. WE LANDED ABOUT 1000 FT DOWN RWY 24. AFTER PARKING; AND ON THE WALK AROUND; WE NOTICED DAMAGE TO THE AFT BELLY OF THE AIRPLANE. AT THIS TIME; WE WERE TOLD THAT WE TOOK OUT 2 LIGHTS ON THE APCH; ONE AT 600 FT FROM THE END OF THE RWY AND ONE AT 200 FT FROM THE END.
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Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.
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