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Captain of a B737 complained to dut airport manager about the difficulty in seeing the runway 1000 ft marker used by his company to determine a go around point if the aircraft was not on the ground during landing within that runway distance. The airport manager reportedly agreed to repaint the markings.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 401450 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dut |
| State Reference | AK |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tower : pwk |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737 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 pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 14700 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 401450 |
| 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 | other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Airport |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Airport | other physical facility |
Narrative:
Our operation specifications require a go around if the aircraft is not on the runway before the 1000 ft marker. There is some question as to whether the 1000 ft markers were visible to the pilot. The airport manager has agreed to repaint the markings. Safe operation of the aircraft was not compromised.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: CAPT OF A B737 COMPLAINED TO DUT ARPT MGR ABOUT THE DIFFICULTY IN SEEING THE RWY 1000 FT MARKER USED BY HIS COMPANY TO DETERMINE A GAR POINT IF THE ACFT WAS NOT ON THE GND DURING LNDG WITHIN THAT RWY DISTANCE. THE ARPT MGR REPORTEDLY AGREED TO REPAINT THE MARKINGS.
Narrative: OUR OP SPECS REQUIRE A GAR IF THE ACFT IS NOT ON THE RWY BEFORE THE 1000 FT MARKER. THERE IS SOME QUESTION AS TO WHETHER THE 1000 FT MARKERS WERE VISIBLE TO THE PLT. THE ARPT MGR HAS AGREED TO REPAINT THE MARKINGS. SAFE OP OF THE ACFT WAS NOT COMPROMISED.
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.