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When they learned the primary runway at their destination was not available due to painting in progress; the flight crew of a B737 accepted an approach and landing to another runway and only later became aware the runway was restricted to emergency use only.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1106474 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201308 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Descent |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | PMC Performance/Thrust Management Computer |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 327 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 312 Flight Crew Type 312 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Inflight Event / Encounter Fuel Issue |
Narrative:
Our destination airport was closed due to painting activities of the runways. [The shorter of the two] runway[s]; 18/36; was due to open [first]. Upon our arrival; dispatch gave us a diversion plan [including an] alternate airport. According to our calculations; we had only 10 minutes worth of fuel to hold. During our descent; we had already briefed a visual arrival into runway 18. We were then given a hold but only had to make one turn in the hold when they gave us vectors for the airport. At this time; our main concern was the fuel situation since we now were getting close to our divert fuel limit. As we were being vectored to the airport; ATC told us to expect runway 36. During this very dynamic time we asked our company captain jumpseater to help us out and run the landing data for runway 36. He ran the data; handed it to us and we verified that the landing data was met. We had plenty of landing distance. We were vectored for the visual approach and landed without any problems. During a conversation with our dispatcher on our next flight it was brought to my attention that landing on runway 36 was only authorized in an emergency. We now realized that we had missed reading the note on the airport information page and the note on the runway selection page on the performance data computer which clearly indicates that runway 36 was to be used only in an emergency.first of all; we should have reviewed the 10-7 page again after given a new runway assignment and also we should have completed the opc calculations by ourselves. However; I also think that during this dynamic time; we utilized our resources by allowing the company pilot to run the landing data and; unfortunately; he missed the runway note next to the runway 36 selection before proceeding to the runway landing data page.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: When they learned the primary runway at their destination was not available due to painting in progress; the flight crew of a B737 accepted an approach and landing to another runway and only later became aware the runway was restricted to emergency use only.
Narrative: Our destination airport was closed due to painting activities of the runways. [The shorter of the two] runway[s]; 18/36; was due to open [first]. Upon our arrival; Dispatch gave us a diversion plan [including an] alternate airport. According to our calculations; we had only 10 minutes worth of fuel to hold. During our descent; we had already briefed a visual arrival into Runway 18. We were then given a hold but only had to make one turn in the hold when they gave us vectors for the airport. At this time; our main concern was the fuel situation since we now were getting close to our divert fuel limit. As we were being vectored to the airport; ATC told us to expect Runway 36. During this very dynamic time we asked our Company Captain jumpseater to help us out and run the landing data for Runway 36. He ran the data; handed it to us and we verified that the landing data was met. We had plenty of landing distance. We were vectored for the visual approach and landed without any problems. During a conversation with our Dispatcher on our next flight it was brought to my attention that landing on Runway 36 was only authorized in an emergency. We now realized that we had missed reading the note on the airport information page and the note on the runway selection page on the performance data computer which clearly indicates that Runway 36 was to be used only in an emergency.First of all; we should have reviewed the 10-7 page again after given a new runway assignment and also we should have completed the OPC calculations by ourselves. However; I also think that during this dynamic time; we utilized our resources by allowing the company pilot to run the landing data and; unfortunately; he missed the runway note next to the Runway 36 selection before proceeding to the runway landing data page.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.