Flight crew member indicates temporary displaced threshold not visible during rollout.

Attributes
ACN	432094
Time
Date	199903
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : myr.airport
State Reference	SC
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Dusk
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other
Flight Phase	landing : roll
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : multi engine pilot : cfi pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 180 flight time total : 9000 flight time type : 3000
ASRS Report	432094
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Airport Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Airport

Narrative:

A temporary displaced threshold at myr appears to comply with the requirements (temporary lighting, runway number moved, etc), but when landing toward the closed portion at dusk (before the runway end lights are very apparent) it was very difficult to determine the end of the runway. There were virtually no visible cues as to where the closed portion began. If landing over the closed portion, the present requirements are adequate as the pilot has time to 'pick out' where the open portion actually begins, but when landing toward the closed portion the pilot has very little information to determine amount of runway left. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the airport director at myr indicates that the temporary displaced threshold has been removed for several months, and that he only recalls one complaint from a pilot regarding the difficulty in determining the closed portion.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLC MEMBER INDICATES TEMPORARY DISPLACED THRESHOLD NOT VISIBLE DURING ROLLOUT.

Narrative: A TEMPORARY DISPLACED THRESHOLD AT MYR APPEARS TO COMPLY WITH THE REQUIREMENTS (TEMPORARY LIGHTING, RWY NUMBER MOVED, ETC), BUT WHEN LNDG TOWARD THE CLOSED PORTION AT DUSK (BEFORE THE RWY END LIGHTS ARE VERY APPARENT) IT WAS VERY DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE THE END OF THE RWY. THERE WERE VIRTUALLY NO VISIBLE CUES AS TO WHERE THE CLOSED PORTION BEGAN. IF LNDG OVER THE CLOSED PORTION, THE PRESENT REQUIREMENTS ARE ADEQUATE AS THE PLT HAS TIME TO 'PICK OUT' WHERE THE OPEN PORTION ACTUALLY BEGINS, BUT WHEN LNDG TOWARD THE CLOSED PORTION THE PLT HAS VERY LITTLE INFO TO DETERMINE AMOUNT OF RWY LEFT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE ARPT DIRECTOR AT MYR INDICATES THAT THE TEMPORARY DISPLACED THRESHOLD HAS BEEN REMOVED FOR SEVERAL MONTHS, AND THAT HE ONLY RECALLS ONE COMPLAINT FROM A PLT REGARDING THE DIFFICULTY IN DETERMINING THE CLOSED PORTION.

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.