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Attributes | |
ACN | 1120673 |
Time | |
Date | 201310 |
Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
Place | |
Locale Reference | BWI.Airport |
State Reference | MD |
Environment | |
Flight Conditions | VMC |
Light | Night |
Aircraft 1 | |
Make Model Name | Beechjet 400 |
Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
Flight Phase | Taxi |
Person 1 | |
Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
Person 2 | |
Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
Events | |
Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Clearance |
Narrative:
As we were being vectored onto final we noticed that we were only five miles from the aircraft we were following; so we adjusted speed to maintain that after being cleared for the visual. On short final I realized the aircraft following us was about three miles behind us. After we touched down onto runway 10 we were told 'no delay keep the speed up down the runway and exit onto runway 4.' as we noticed we went passed runway 4 slightly; the controller told us that was runway 4. During the controllers' call he also told the aircraft behind us to go-around. We then made a hard left onto runway 4 and the controller told us to taxi northbound on runway 4 and contact ground. Nothing more was said about the event from the controllers. There should've been more spacing between us and the aircraft that was following us. Also; there was no lead off lights onto runway 4 and it can be difficult to see at night. You can't tell the difference between regular runway edge lights and embedded runway edge lights when you are told to keep the speed up at night. It would've been a better option to give us instructions to exit onto taxiway east that would have leadoff lights and centerline leadoff lines.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: BE400 flight crew reports being unable to rapidly identify Runway 4 after landing Runway 10 at BWI and the Tower issues go around instructions to the following B737. The flying Captain had slowed on final to maintain 5 miles in trail; reducing separation with the following B737.
Narrative: As we were being vectored onto final we noticed that we were only five miles from the aircraft we were following; so we adjusted speed to maintain that after being cleared for the visual. On short final I realized the aircraft following us was about three miles behind us. After we touched down onto Runway 10 we were told 'no delay keep the speed up down the runway and exit onto Runway 4.' As we noticed we went passed Runway 4 slightly; the Controller told us that was Runway 4. During the Controllers' call he also told the aircraft behind us to go-around. We then made a hard left onto Runway 4 and the Controller told us to taxi northbound on Runway 4 and contact ground. Nothing more was said about the event from the controllers. There should've been more spacing between us and the aircraft that was following us. Also; there was no lead off lights onto Runway 4 and it can be difficult to see at night. You can't tell the difference between regular runway edge lights and embedded runway edge lights when you are told to keep the speed up at night. It would've been a better option to give us instructions to exit onto Taxiway E that would have leadoff lights and centerline leadoff lines.
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.