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Commuter light transport landed alongside runway at pqi. Reporter thought he was landing on the runway. Airport was snow covered and snow removal was in progress.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 177340 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199101 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : pqi |
| State Reference | ME |
| 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 | Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : cfi pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 184 flight time total : 7266 flight time type : 1233 |
| ASRS Report | 177340 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Snow removed from runway prior to departure. Flew roundtrip to portland, me. Wind out of the south. Flew standard pattern for runway 19. Snow removal in progress. No tracks on runway which appeared like undisturbed snow between a runway and a parallel taxiway. Snow removal equipment had been removing snow away from runway (both sides). It appeared that snow removal equipment was on the runway. We went around and had company check with snow removal equipment. We made a second approach and landed on what we thought was the runway with tracks on it. At about 40 KTS, we realized the nice landing was on the turf beside the runway. We taxied to the gate and several passenger commented on the nice landing. As it turned out, we discovered upon takeoff that the runway was much rougher due to packing and rutting. 'B' was the runway, but appeared as the undisturbed snow between taxiway a and runway. 'C' was the turf. The snow was removed about 75'. 'A' appeared as the parallel taxiway. 'C' appeared as the runway. Note: the snowblower was at the far end (south) of the airport.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: COMMUTER LTT LANDED ALONGSIDE RWY AT PQI. REPORTER THOUGHT HE WAS LNDG ON THE RWY. ARPT WAS SNOW COVERED AND SNOW REMOVAL WAS IN PROGRESS.
Narrative: SNOW REMOVED FROM RWY PRIOR TO DEP. FLEW ROUNDTRIP TO PORTLAND, ME. WIND OUT OF THE S. FLEW STANDARD PATTERN FOR RWY 19. SNOW REMOVAL IN PROGRESS. NO TRACKS ON RWY WHICH APPEARED LIKE UNDISTURBED SNOW BTWN A RWY AND A PARALLEL TXWY. SNOW REMOVAL EQUIP HAD BEEN REMOVING SNOW AWAY FROM RWY (BOTH SIDES). IT APPEARED THAT SNOW REMOVAL EQUIP WAS ON THE RWY. WE WENT AROUND AND HAD COMPANY CHK WITH SNOW REMOVAL EQUIP. WE MADE A SECOND APCH AND LANDED ON WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE RWY WITH TRACKS ON IT. AT ABOUT 40 KTS, WE REALIZED THE NICE LNDG WAS ON THE TURF BESIDE THE RWY. WE TAXIED TO THE GATE AND SEVERAL PAX COMMENTED ON THE NICE LNDG. AS IT TURNED OUT, WE DISCOVERED UPON TKOF THAT THE RWY WAS MUCH ROUGHER DUE TO PACKING AND RUTTING. 'B' WAS THE RWY, BUT APPEARED AS THE UNDISTURBED SNOW BTWN TXWY A AND RWY. 'C' WAS THE TURF. THE SNOW WAS REMOVED ABOUT 75'. 'A' APPEARED AS THE PARALLEL TXWY. 'C' APPEARED AS THE RWY. NOTE: THE SNOWBLOWER WAS AT THE FAR END (S) OF THE ARPT.
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.