Air carrier X landed on occupied runway. Work in progress.

Attributes
ACN	141605
Time
Date	199004
Day	Mon
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : lih
State Reference	HI
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : bwi
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	141605
Person 2
Affiliation	government : faa
Function	controller : approach
Qualification	controller : radar
Events
Anomaly	conflict : ground less severe incursion : runway non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	faa : investigated
Miss Distance	horizontal : 3000
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Air carrier X was cleared for an ILS 35 approach to lihue, a normal approach and landing was made, on rollout men and equipment were seen scurrying away from the runway. No NOTAM was issued for runway closure, though a NOTAM was to be posted for the following day. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following: reporter stated he had announced air carrier X's intention to land on the CTAF. The approach lights were on bright and the flight crew did not notice the runway edge lights were not on. Reporter talked to the fire captain and was shown a letter that would close the runway the next night. The captain had informed the FAA and an investigation was forthcoming. Tower had closed 2 hours before air carrier X landed.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR X LANDED ON OCCUPIED RWY. WORK IN PROGRESS.

Narrative: ACR X WAS CLRED FOR AN ILS 35 APCH TO LIHUE, A NORMAL APCH AND LNDG WAS MADE, ON ROLLOUT MEN AND EQUIPMENT WERE SEEN SCURRYING AWAY FROM THE RWY. NO NOTAM WAS ISSUED FOR RWY CLOSURE, THOUGH A NOTAM WAS TO BE POSTED FOR THE FOLLOWING DAY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH REPORTER REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: REPORTER STATED HE HAD ANNOUNCED ACR X'S INTENTION TO LAND ON THE CTAF. THE APCH LIGHTS WERE ON BRIGHT AND THE FLT CREW DID NOT NOTICE THE RWY EDGE LIGHTS WERE NOT ON. REPORTER TALKED TO THE FIRE CAPT AND WAS SHOWN A LETTER THAT WOULD CLOSE THE RWY THE NEXT NIGHT. THE CAPT HAD INFORMED THE FAA AND AN INVESTIGATION WAS FORTHCOMING. TWR HAD CLOSED 2 HRS BEFORE ACR X LANDED.

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.