RWY EXCURSION RESULT OF FAST APCH; WET RWY; DOWNSLOPE; 10 KT TAILWIND.

Date: 1988-09 · Aircraft: Light Transport; High Wing; 2 Turboprop Eng

Anomalies: other-runway-or-taxiway-excursion|other-unspecified

Synopsis

RWY EXCURSION RESULT OF FAST APCH; WET RWY; DOWNSLOPE; 10 KT TAILWIND.

Narrative

THE LOC APCH TO RWY 27 IS KNOWN AS A TIGHT APCH. DUE TO THE WX BEING AT MINIMUMS WITH A 10 KT TAILWIND AND DOWNHILL SLOPING RWY; IT IS DIFFICULT TO DSND FROM MDA TO THE RWY AND STOP ON THE REMAINING RWY UNDER THE GIVEN CONDITIONS. THE F/O WAS FLYING THE APCH AND THE CAPT WAS LOOKING OUTSIDE FOR THE ARPT; WORKING THE RADIOS AND KEEPING TIME. THE APCH SPD WAS 120 KTS AT THE CAPT'S DIRECTIONS. THE RWY WAS CALLED IN SIGHT BY THE CAPT. THE F/O REDUCED PWR FOR DSCNT AND ASKED FOR 30 DEGS OF FLAPS. THE CAPT SELECTED THE FLAPS AT 30 DEGS. THE DSCNT TO LNDG WAS RAPID AND T/D WAS MADE ON THE FIRST THIRD OF THE RWY; BUT ENCOUNTERED A BOUNCE. THE CAPT TOOK CONTROL OF THE PWR AND REDUCED TO FLT IDLE. THE SECOND T/D WAS 1/2-WAY DOWN THE RWY; THEN REVERSE THRUST AND FULL BRAKING WAS APPLIED. AS THE ACFT SLOWED DOWN NEAR THE END OF THE RWY THE CAPT STEERED TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE RWY THE LEFT TIRE DROPPED OFF THE EDGE OF THE RWY. THEN A SHARP RIGHT TURN WAS MADE TO STOP THE ACFT AND FORWARD THRUST APPLIED; THEN TAXIED TO THE RAMP. THE ACFT SUFFERED NO DAMAGE. HOWEVER; THE PAX AND F/A WERE GREATLY SHAKEN BY THE LNDG. I SUGGEST THAT THE RWY BE LENGTHENED TO ACCOMMODATE LARGER ACFT; THAT THE MDA BE LOWER; AND THAT AN ILS APCH BE INSTALLED.

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