Passenger alleges reporter's hard landing injured the passenger's back.

Attributes
ACN	300965
Time
Date	199503
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : rsw
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : rsw
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Route In Use	approach : visual
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 7000 flight time type : 2800
ASRS Report	300965
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Landing was firm. Had declined offer for no ILS, visual tailwind landing on runway 24 on mco-rsw leg. Declined and shot visual to runway 06 with ILS backup. Stabilized approach to touchdown. Picked up sink rate (apparently) during transition to visual. Due to 'black hole' with no peripheral cues, did not recognize sink rate until near touchdown. Landing was firm but not hard. No masks dropped. Few passenger commented about landing but nothing unusual. 2 days later, a passenger tells air carrier his back was injured during landing. In addition to lack of visual cues, we were in 13TH hour of scheduled 12 hour duty day after short layover. Fatigue may have also been a factor. Upon reflection, it could have been a late flare due to some visual problems. I recall that last look at vsi indicated normal rate of descent.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PAX ALLEGES RPTR'S HARD LNDG INJURED THE PAX'S BACK.

Narrative: LNDG WAS FIRM. HAD DECLINED OFFER FOR NO ILS, VISUAL TAILWIND LNDG ON RWY 24 ON MCO-RSW LEG. DECLINED AND SHOT VISUAL TO RWY 06 WITH ILS BACKUP. STABILIZED APCH TO TOUCHDOWN. PICKED UP SINK RATE (APPARENTLY) DURING TRANSITION TO VISUAL. DUE TO 'BLACK HOLE' WITH NO PERIPHERAL CUES, DID NOT RECOGNIZE SINK RATE UNTIL NEAR TOUCHDOWN. LNDG WAS FIRM BUT NOT HARD. NO MASKS DROPPED. FEW PAX COMMENTED ABOUT LNDG BUT NOTHING UNUSUAL. 2 DAYS LATER, A PAX TELLS ACR HIS BACK WAS INJURED DURING LNDG. IN ADDITION TO LACK OF VISUAL CUES, WE WERE IN 13TH HR OF SCHEDULED 12 HR DUTY DAY AFTER SHORT LAYOVER. FATIGUE MAY HAVE ALSO BEEN A FACTOR. UPON REFLECTION, IT COULD HAVE BEEN A LATE FLARE DUE TO SOME VISUAL PROBS. I RECALL THAT LAST LOOK AT VSI INDICATED NORMAL RATE OF DSCNT.

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.