<< >> NASA ASRS Report 349536, October 1996

B727 landing runway 35R. On rollout, captain confused by last light bar painted white. Thought runway shorter than actually is.

Attributes
ACN	349536
Time
Date	199610
Day	Wed
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : 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	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	landing other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	349536
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility

Narrative:

First landing on new runway at dfw runway 35R. Last light bar on north end of runway is painted white and I transposed that bar as the landing threshold for runway and made the runway appear shorter than it actually was. If the bar does not have to be painted white changing colors would solve the problem so that it does not blend in with the threshold.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 LNDG RWY 35R. ON ROLLOUT, CAPT CONFUSED BY LAST LIGHT BAR PAINTED WHITE. THOUGHT RWY SHORTER THAN ACTUALLY IS.

Narrative: FIRST LNDG ON NEW RWY AT DFW RWY 35R. LAST LIGHT BAR ON N END OF RWY IS PAINTED WHITE AND I TRANSPOSED THAT BAR AS THE LNDG THRESHOLD FOR RWY AND MADE THE RWY APPEAR SHORTER THAN IT ACTUALLY WAS. IF THE BAR DOES NOT HAVE TO BE PAINTED WHITE CHANGING COLORS WOULD SOLVE THE PROB SO THAT IT DOES NOT BLEND IN WITH THE THRESHOLD.

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.