BE1900 CREW LANDS LONG AND PROP STRIKES A LIGHT AT THE END OF RWY.

Date: 2006-10 · Aircraft: Beech 1900 · Phase: landing

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|deviation-discrepancy-procedural-far|ground-excursion-runway

Synopsis

BE1900 CREW LANDS LONG AND PROP STRIKES A LIGHT AT THE END OF RWY.

Narrative

WITH THE ARPT IN SIGHT WE CANCELED IFR AND THE CAPT CHOSE A STRAIGHT-IN LNDG. WINDS WERE RPTED AT 180 DEGS 5 KTS SCATTERED; CLR CONDITIONS. SLIGHTLY HIGH ON A 2 MI FINAL WE WERE VREF +15 KTS AND CROSSED OVER THE NUMBERS AT VREF +10 KTS. VREF SPDS WERE CALLED OUT THROUGHOUT THE APCH. WE EXCESSIVELY FLOATED OVER THE RWY AT WHICH TIME I CALLED OUT THAT WE WERE TOO LONG. THE CAPT SAID I KNOW AND PROCEEDED TO LAND THE AIRPLANE. HE APPLIED REVERSE IMMEDIATELY AND AS I SAW THE END OF THE RWY APCHING I GOT ON THE BRAKES AS WELL WITH MAX BRAKING. WE CAME TO A STOP AT THE VERY END OF RWY AND TOOK OUT A LIGHT AT THE END OF RWY. AFTER TAXIING IN TO THE TERMINAL AND OPENING THE DOOR WE REALIZED WE HAD A PROP STRIKE BELIEVED TO BE FROM THE LIGHT. PAX WERE ALL FINE; NO COMPLAINTS AND PROBABLY DID NOT REALIZE THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE SITUATION. I BELIEVE THIS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY BEING ON VREF OVER THE NUMBERS AND GETTING IT DOWN OVER THE RWY PWR IDLE AND TOUCHING DOWN. LOOKING BACK; I COULD HAVE BEEN MORE ASSERTIVE THROUGHOUT THE APCH. THE CAPT HAD 1200+ HRS IN TYPE. WE HAD FLOWN 2 DAYS TOGETHER WITHOUT A PROB. POOR JUDGEMENT AND A BAD DECISION TO LAND THE AIRPLANE BY THE CAPT MAY HAVE BEEN CAUSED SOMEWHAT BY FATIGUE. THIS WAS OUR 5TH LEG APCHING A 10 HR DUTY DAY. IT WAS JUST AFTER XA00 AND FELT LATER. PERCEPTIONS; JUDGEMENTS; AND DECISION I BELIEVE CAN ALL BE AFFECTED AT NIGHT (OR ANY TIME) AFTER A LONG DAY.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.