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Air carrier flight crew inadvertently landed on taxiway.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1318076 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201512 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Initial Approach Landing |
| Route In Use | Visual Approach |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | First Officer Pilot Not Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Clearance Deviation - Track / Heading All Types Ground Incursion Taxiway |
Narrative:
Inbound on the arrival; we were told to expect runway xyr; which we had briefed at altitude prior to descent. The weather was [VFR]. We had the field in sight passing over downtown.inside the FAF on a visual approach runway xyr; tower asked if we would like to land on runway xyc. We agreed to land on runway xyc and the pilot flying (PF) lined up on [a] taxiway; thinking it was runway xyc. As the pilot monitoring (pm); I also looked out and assumed that we were lined up on runway xyc. We expected an unusual sight picture since 16C had just been opened after having been re-surfaced. The PF said not to worry about changing things in the box since he was lining up visually. I did; however; put in the ILS frequency for runway xyc in the PF side as back-up. The flight director then showed us to be on glide-slope but off course. In-close the localizer disappeared and only the glideslope portion of the flight director remained. Since I had visually confirmed our intended landing surface; which we assumed to be xyc; I tried to figure out why the localizer information was off; since I had not remembered any notams to that effect. Approaching 500 feet I focused my attention on monitoring the flare and landing. Upon landing the tower informed us that we had landed on [a] taxiway; which; by that time; was clearly evident to all.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier flight crew inadvertently landed on taxiway.
Narrative: Inbound on the arrival; we were told to expect Runway XYR; which we had briefed at altitude prior to descent. The weather was [VFR]. We had the field in sight passing over downtown.Inside the FAF on a visual approach Runway XYR; tower asked if we would like to land on Runway XYC. We agreed to land on Runway XYC and the Pilot Flying (PF) lined up on [a] taxiway; thinking it was Runway XYC. As the Pilot Monitoring (PM); I also looked out and assumed that we were lined up on Runway XYC. We expected an unusual sight picture since 16C had just been opened after having been re-surfaced. The PF said not to worry about changing things in the box since he was lining up visually. I did; however; put in the ILS frequency for Runway XYC in the PF side as back-up. The flight director then showed us to be on glide-slope but off course. In-close the localizer disappeared and only the glideslope portion of the flight director remained. Since I had visually confirmed our intended landing surface; which we assumed to be XYC; I tried to figure out why the localizer information was off; since I had not remembered any NOTAMs to that effect. Approaching 500 feet I focused my attention on monitoring the flare and landing. Upon landing the tower informed us that we had landed on [a] taxiway; which; by that time; was clearly evident to all.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.