Possible landing curfew violation due to deviation from noise abatement policy procedure.

Attributes
ACN	184334
Time
Date	199107
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : dca
State Reference	DC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 2500
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tracon : dca
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	descent : approach landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual arrival other enroute : on vectors
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 215 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 900
ASRS Report	184334
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 186 flight time total : 15500 flight time type : 792
ASRS Report	184332
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Weather
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation
Situations
ATC Facility	procedure or policy : unspecified
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Due to WX delays, departed bos 1 hour 10 min late for dca. Contacted dca approach at pm:32 (left) and vectored normally for visual approach to runway 36. Touched down at pm:44 with several aircraft landing in front and 2 aircraft landing behind us. Company manuals state approach clearance must be received by pm:30 (left). Company dispatch contacted and we were told to continue. Approach control and tower said nothing about the curfew even after queried by us.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: POSSIBLE LNDG CURFEW VIOLATION DUE TO DEV FROM NOISE ABATEMENT POLICY PROC.

Narrative: DUE TO WX DELAYS, DEPARTED BOS 1 HR 10 MIN LATE FOR DCA. CONTACTED DCA APCH AT PM:32 (L) AND VECTORED NORMALLY FOR VISUAL APCH TO RWY 36. TOUCHED DOWN AT PM:44 WITH SEVERAL ACFT LNDG IN FRONT AND 2 ACFT LNDG BEHIND US. COMPANY MANUALS STATE APCH CLRNC MUST BE RECEIVED BY PM:30 (L). COMPANY DISPATCH CONTACTED AND WE WERE TOLD TO CONTINUE. APCH CTL AND TWR SAID NOTHING ABOUT THE CURFEW EVEN AFTER QUERIED BY US.

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.