Large transport cleared to land with change of runway. Last portion of runway closed.

Attributes
ACN	145844
Time
Date	199005
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : dfw
State Reference	TX
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 210
ASRS Report	145844
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	146100
Events
Anomaly	incursion : runway other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other controllera other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Ambiguous
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

During landing and approach at dfw, while being vectored for a visibility approach to land on runway 35R at dfw, we were told by approach control to change our landing runway to 31R while we were passing just west of downtown dallas, and to expect a stadium visibility approach. There was no mention of any runway restriction by either approach control or the tower, and a landing was made with a rollout to the end. As we cleared the runway, we heard the tower clear an air carrier plane to land on the same runway, with the message that the last few hundred ft were closed. ATIS did not mention this, nor were we informed about this at any time. There were signs of any restrictions, barriers, barricades or any type of visibility clues that would indicate to us that the whole runway was not available to us to land. If the last portion of the runway was indeed closed, we should have been so advised.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: LGT CLEARED TO LAND WITH CHANGE OF RWY. LAST PORTION OF RWY CLOSED.

Narrative: DURING LNDG AND APCH AT DFW, WHILE BEING VECTORED FOR A VIS APCH TO LAND ON RWY 35R AT DFW, WE WERE TOLD BY APCH CTL TO CHANGE OUR LNDG RWY TO 31R WHILE WE WERE PASSING JUST W OF DOWNTOWN DALLAS, AND TO EXPECT A STADIUM VIS APCH. THERE WAS NO MENTION OF ANY RWY RESTRICTION BY EITHER APCH CTL OR THE TWR, AND A LNDG WAS MADE WITH A ROLLOUT TO THE END. AS WE CLRED THE RWY, WE HEARD THE TWR CLR AN ACR PLANE TO LAND ON THE SAME RWY, WITH THE MESSAGE THAT THE LAST FEW HUNDRED FT WERE CLOSED. ATIS DID NOT MENTION THIS, NOR WERE WE INFORMED ABOUT THIS AT ANY TIME. THERE WERE SIGNS OF ANY RESTRICTIONS, BARRIERS, BARRICADES OR ANY TYPE OF VIS CLUES THAT WOULD INDICATE TO US THAT THE WHOLE RWY WAS NOT AVAILABLE TO US TO LAND. IF THE LAST PORTION OF THE RWY WAS INDEED CLOSED, WE SHOULD HAVE BEEN SO ADVISED.

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.