Narrative:

During a night landing on runway 22R at ord, I touched down at the 1000' marker, selected reverse thrust, and lowered the nose to the runway. As the nose wheel touched the pavement the landing light, began to illuminate a large dark object just to the left of our runway. (Approximately at the intersection of runway 14L parallel taxiway.) as we rapidly approached the object, we realized it was the tail of a dark colored mlt (the mlt was pointed in the direction of runway 14L, parked, with its tail well over the runway 22R edge light, extending into our landing path). I allowed my aircraft to drift to the right of centerline to avoid striking a wingtip against the tail of the mlt. A more abrupt maneuver at our existing speed would have caused us to depart the right side of the runway due to overcontrol. Fortunately we missed the mlt since we had not been previously advised about this possible hazard by the tower. The first officer advised the tower (during roll past the mlt) that the mlt needed to move up further to clear runway 22R. The tower replied that the mlt was going to make an intersection takeoff from that position. The first officer then clarified the comment by explaining to the tower that the mlt tail was over the edge of our runway. The tower asked if that was a problem for us and the first officer replied 'yes'. Because of it's relative position and location, it's dark color, and the night environment, the mlt became visible only after my aircraft was committed to the deceleration phase of the landing roll. A landing aircraft with a larger wing span (ie: widebody transport) may not have been able to avoid a collision with the mlt.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: NEAR COLLISION BETWEEN LNDG ACR AND MLT HOLDING IN POSITION FOR TKOF AT INTERSECTING RWY.

Narrative: DURING A NIGHT LNDG ON RWY 22R AT ORD, I TOUCHED DOWN AT THE 1000' MARKER, SELECTED REVERSE THRUST, AND LOWERED THE NOSE TO THE RWY. AS THE NOSE WHEEL TOUCHED THE PAVEMENT THE LNDG LIGHT, BEGAN TO ILLUMINATE A LARGE DARK OBJECT JUST TO THE L OF OUR RWY. (APPROX AT THE INTXN OF RWY 14L PARALLEL TXWY.) AS WE RAPIDLY APCHED THE OBJECT, WE REALIZED IT WAS THE TAIL OF A DARK COLORED MLT (THE MLT WAS POINTED IN THE DIRECTION OF RWY 14L, PARKED, WITH ITS TAIL WELL OVER THE RWY 22R EDGE LIGHT, EXTENDING INTO OUR LNDG PATH). I ALLOWED MY ACFT TO DRIFT TO THE R OF CENTERLINE TO AVOID STRIKING A WINGTIP AGAINST THE TAIL OF THE MLT. A MORE ABRUPT MANEUVER AT OUR EXISTING SPD WOULD HAVE CAUSED US TO DEPART THE R SIDE OF THE RWY DUE TO OVERCONTROL. FORTUNATELY WE MISSED THE MLT SINCE WE HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY ADVISED ABOUT THIS POSSIBLE HAZARD BY THE TWR. THE F/O ADVISED THE TWR (DURING ROLL PAST THE MLT) THAT THE MLT NEEDED TO MOVE UP FURTHER TO CLR RWY 22R. THE TWR REPLIED THAT THE MLT WAS GOING TO MAKE AN INTXN TKOF FROM THAT POS. THE F/O THEN CLARIFIED THE COMMENT BY EXPLAINING TO THE TWR THAT THE MLT TAIL WAS OVER THE EDGE OF OUR RWY. THE TWR ASKED IF THAT WAS A PROB FOR US AND THE F/O REPLIED 'YES'. BECAUSE OF IT'S RELATIVE POS AND LOCATION, IT'S DARK COLOR, AND THE NIGHT ENVIRONMENT, THE MLT BECAME VISIBLE ONLY AFTER MY ACFT WAS COMMITTED TO THE DECELERATION PHASE OF THE LNDG ROLL. A LNDG ACFT WITH A LARGER WING SPAN (IE: WDB) MAY NOT HAVE BEEN ABLE TO AVOID A COLLISION WITH THE MLT.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.