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Captain of a B747-100 landed short of the landing threshold green lights on major foreign airport due in part to sun in the eyes and fatigue from being up for 20 hours at the time of landing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 382480 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199710 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : hkg |
| State Reference | FO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Mixed |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B747-100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 8650 flight time type : 475 |
| ASRS Report | 382480 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
Touchdown 150 ft short of landing zone on the 1790 ft extension, takeoff area at kai-tac airport hong kong: igs runway 13 checkerboard approach, turning into the morning sun and haze. At the end of an 11 hour 50 min flight from ymml to wsss to vhhh. It's a visual approach after tuning right at the checkerboard, 675 ft, 2.2 DME. I had been up about 20 hours at this point. APU didn't work at singapore so it was hot, sticky and wet on the 2 hour turn in singapore. The company had jerked me out of the hotel in lax the day before with a 2 hour notice to catch the airlines to ymml to cover the trip they had (forgot) they had uncovered for a week. I spent 19 hours traveling down there the day before. Those would be the contributing factors to an otherwise nice approach and landing with the sun in my face. The power was pushed up about 100 ft AGL but still touched down short of green light.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B747-100 LANDED SHORT OF THE LNDG THRESHOLD GREEN LIGHTS ON MAJOR FOREIGN ARPT DUE IN PART TO SUN IN THE EYES AND FATIGUE FROM BEING UP FOR 20 HRS AT THE TIME OF LNDG.
Narrative: TOUCHDOWN 150 FT SHORT OF LNDG ZONE ON THE 1790 FT EXTENSION, TKOF AREA AT KAI-TAC ARPT HONG KONG: IGS RWY 13 CHECKERBOARD APCH, TURNING INTO THE MORNING SUN AND HAZE. AT THE END OF AN 11 HR 50 MIN FLT FROM YMML TO WSSS TO VHHH. IT'S A VISUAL APCH AFTER TUNING R AT THE CHECKERBOARD, 675 FT, 2.2 DME. I HAD BEEN UP ABOUT 20 HRS AT THIS POINT. APU DIDN'T WORK AT SINGAPORE SO IT WAS HOT, STICKY AND WET ON THE 2 HR TURN IN SINGAPORE. THE COMPANY HAD JERKED ME OUT OF THE HOTEL IN LAX THE DAY BEFORE WITH A 2 HR NOTICE TO CATCH THE AIRLINES TO YMML TO COVER THE TRIP THEY HAD (FORGOT) THEY HAD UNCOVERED FOR A WK. I SPENT 19 HRS TRAVELING DOWN THERE THE DAY BEFORE. THOSE WOULD BE THE CONTRIBUTING FACTORS TO AN OTHERWISE NICE APCH AND LNDG WITH THE SUN IN MY FACE. THE PWR WAS PUSHED UP ABOUT 100 FT AGL BUT STILL TOUCHED DOWN SHORT OF GREEN LIGHT.
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.