A BE30 FLT CREW INADVERTENTLY LAND ON A CLOSED PORTION ON RWY 32 AT NIGHT.
Synopsis
A BE30 FLT CREW INADVERTENTLY LAND ON A CLOSED PORTION ON RWY 32 AT NIGHT.
Narrative
CAPT OBTAINED BRIEFING. WHILE LNDG; NOTICED NO VASI; ALL RWY LIGHT ON FOR THE ENTIRE LENGTH AND NON-STANDARD LIGHTING (NO RED TERMINATING BARS). AFTER LNDG ADVISED BY TWR THAT RWY DISPLACED 3000 FT AND WE HAD LANDED SHORT ON CLOSED PORTION. RWY WAS NOTAMED DISPLACED 3000 FT. HAD BEEN SO FOR 3 YRS. NOTAM NOT OBTAINED BY CAPT DURING BRIEF. COMMERCIAL CHART DEPICTS 11000 FT WITH NO DISPLACEMENT. FACTORS: 1) NOTAM NOT RECEIVED. 2) RWY LIGHTS ON; INCLUDING CLOSED PORTION. 3) FIRST LNDG AT ARPT FOR CREW. 4) NO VERTICAL GUIDANCE (VASI; GS). 5) ACFT AHEAD DID SAME THING I FOLLOWED HIM DOWN. 6) COMMERCIAL PLATE SHOWS NO DISPLACEMENT. I KNOW COMMERCIAL COMPANY TYPICALLY WON'T MAKE TEMP CHANGES; BUT IT'S BEEN DISPLACED FOR THREE YEARS; HOW ABOUT A LITTLE HELP. CORRECTIVE ACTIONS: 1) CALLED COMPANY AND HAD THEM ADD A NOTE FOR CREWS. 2) ASSURE ALL NOTAMS RECEIVED. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: UPON CALLBACK; RPTR STATED THAT THEY HAD NOT RECEIVED ANY NOTAM; THERE WAS NO ATIS MESSAGE; THERE WERE NO INDICATIONS ON THE ARPT DIAGRAM AND TWR OFFERED NO INFO ABOUT THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD. THIS COMBINED WITH THE FACT THAT THE ENTIRE RWY WAS LIT; LED TO THIS INCIDENT. THE RPTR ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS NO VASI OR INSTRUMENT SYSTEM TO HELP THEM REALIZE THAT THEY WERE TO LAND LONG. HE DID ADMIT THAT THERE WERE GREEN RWY BARS 3000 FT DOWN THE RWY; BUT THEY WERE VERY HARD TO SEE WITH THE ENTIRE RWY LIT AND THE FACT THAT THEY WERE NOT EXPECTING THE RWY TO BE DISPLACED. THE RPTR STATED THAT THERE WERE THREE ACFT IN A ROW THAT ALSO LANDED ON THE CLOSED PORTION; WHICH LED THE TWR TO CLR ACFT STATING; 'ACFT X CLRED TO LAND RWY 32; FIRST 3000 FT CLOSED.' THE TWR INDICATED THAT THIS CONFIGURATION HAS BEEN LIKE THIS FOR THREE YRS. THE RPTR WOULD LIKE SOME WAY FOR PLTS TO KNOW ABOUT THE DISPLACED THRESHOLD.
Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.