FLT CREW OF FA20 SLID OFF THE END OF WET RWY AT LUG AFTER A PROPERLY PREPARED AND PERFORMED APCH. SUSPECT HYDROPLANING ON NEWLY SURFACED; NON GROOVED RWY.
Synopsis
FLT CREW OF FA20 SLID OFF THE END OF WET RWY AT LUG AFTER A PROPERLY PREPARED AND PERFORMED APCH. SUSPECT HYDROPLANING ON NEWLY SURFACED; NON GROOVED RWY.
Narrative
BEGAN DSCNT INTO LUG; THE WX WAS VFR AND RWY WET (NO STANDING WATER). WE OVERFLEW THE ARPT AND JOINED THE L DOWNWIND RWY 20 AT PATTERN ALT; AND FLAPS AT APCH SETTING (25 DEGS). ABEAM THE NUMBERS; THE GEAR WAS SELECTED DOWN; AND BEFORE LNDG CHKLIST WAS ACCOMPLISHED. WE CONTINUED WITH THE PATTERN AND JOINED FINAL IN LNDG CONFIGN (FULL FLAPS; GEAR DOWN); AND AT VREF OF +5 TO 10 KTS. VREF WAS DETERMINED AT 119 KIAS AT 22000 LBS. OUR LNDG DISTANCE WAS 4300 FT. SINCE THE RWY WAS WET; 15 PERCENT WAS ADDED (4945). THE RWY IN LEWISBURG IS 5000 FT. CONTINUED THE APCH FOLLOWING VASI LIGHTS. ABOUT A MI FINAL; CAPT WENT SLIGHTLY BELOW VASI LIGHTS. NORMAL LNDG AND TOUCHDOWN; I CALLED AIRBRAKES EXTENDED AND HYD PRESSURE NORMAL. ACFT CONTINUED TO SLOW DOWN; BUT NOT AT THE RATE THAT IT SHOULD HAVE. WHEN IT BECAME APPARENT THAT WE WERE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT; I CALLED OUT LOUD 'WE ARE NOT GOING TO MAKE IT;' BUT THE ACFT WAS TOO SLOW TO GO AROUND. THE ACFT TAXIED OFF THE RWY AND CAME TO A FULL STOP. I WAS THE PNF; BUT I FELT THAT THE ANTI-SKID SYS WAS WORKING PROPERLY. THE ACFT SEEMED TO JUST NOT HAVE ANY TIRE GRIP. THE ACFT WAS RETURNED TO THE PAVEMENT; A CERTIFIED ACFT MECH DETERMINED THAT ABSOLUTELY NO DAMAGE TO ACFT HAD OCCURRED. NO PHYSICAL HARM TO ANY INDIVIDUAL ON AND OFF THE ACFT OCCURRED. FAA WAS NOTIFIED PROPERLY TIMELY. FINALLY; ARPT DID NOT SUFFER ANY SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE EITHER. THIS OCCURRENCE; IN MY PERSONAL VIEW; WAS RELATED TO THE RESURFACING OF THE LNDG RWY. THE SURFACE FELT EXTREMELY SLIPPERY WITH ABSOLUTELY NO FRICTION. MY PERSONAL BELIEF IS THAT THIS LNDG SURFACE SHOULD BE GROOVED TO ALLOW BETTER TIRE GRIP WHEN ACFT IS TAKING OFF OR LNDG. I ALSO DISCOVERED THAT OTHER ACFT HAD ALSO TAXIED OFF RWY (SAME AS US) IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS AT THIS ARPT. ANOTHER SOLUTION WOULD BE TO ADVISE INCOMING ACFT THAT RWY MIGHT BE EXTREMELY SLIPPERY WHEN WET THROUGH THE AWOS SYS.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.