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A night operation hard landing on runway 19 in an FK100 after changing from the lda DME runway 19 approach to an approach using the river visual runway 19 at dca, dc.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 545804 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200204 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : dca.airport |
| State Reference | DC |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : dca.tracon tower : dca.tower tracon : ggg.tracon |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Fokker 100 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Route In Use | approach : charted visual |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| ASRS Report | 545804 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : multi engine |
| ASRS Report | 545809 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | conflict : ground critical ground encounters other non adherence : company policies other anomaly other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other flight crewb |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | other other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Environmental Factor Chart Or Publication |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Location: dca runway 19. After briefing for the lda 19 approach to dca, we broke out under an overcast in night VMC and were assigned the river visual approach runway 19. I was the PNF. The first officer was new on the aircraft and had never flown into dca. After a short briefing on the visual approach, we realized that we were high. I was coaching the first officer as I configured the aircraft for landing. I had the airport in sight as we started down the river. The first officer was having trouble seeing the runway. We were on glide path as we turned short final but we landed quite hard. I realized afterward that I had coached the first officer into an unstabilized approach that resulted in a hard landing. Maintenance inspected the aircraft and found no damage. Supplemental information from acn 545809: we were high for the visual and I did not have the approach plate out. I looked for the plate for a min, at which point the captain gave me his. We were high, descending, and behind the aircraft. I kept descending on the captain's guidance. We configured and I saw the airfield late, although we were on centerline and glide path. Bottom line is: I was not stabilized on the approach and we landed hard. The captain wrote it up as a suspected hard landing.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A NIGHT OP HARD LNDG ON RWY 19 IN AN FK100 AFTER CHANGING FROM THE LDA DME RWY 19 APCH TO AN APCH USING THE RIVER VISUAL RWY 19 AT DCA, DC.
Narrative: LOCATION: DCA RWY 19. AFTER BRIEFING FOR THE LDA 19 APCH TO DCA, WE BROKE OUT UNDER AN OVCST IN NIGHT VMC AND WERE ASSIGNED THE RIVER VISUAL APCH RWY 19. I WAS THE PNF. THE FO WAS NEW ON THE ACFT AND HAD NEVER FLOWN INTO DCA. AFTER A SHORT BRIEFING ON THE VISUAL APCH, WE REALIZED THAT WE WERE HIGH. I WAS COACHING THE FO AS I CONFIGURED THE ACFT FOR LNDG. I HAD THE ARPT IN SIGHT AS WE STARTED DOWN THE RIVER. THE FO WAS HAVING TROUBLE SEEING THE RWY. WE WERE ON GLIDE PATH AS WE TURNED SHORT FINAL BUT WE LANDED QUITE HARD. I REALIZED AFTERWARD THAT I HAD COACHED THE FO INTO AN UNSTABILIZED APCH THAT RESULTED IN A HARD LNDG. MAINT INSPECTED THE ACFT AND FOUND NO DAMAGE. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 545809: WE WERE HIGH FOR THE VISUAL AND I DID NOT HAVE THE APCH PLATE OUT. I LOOKED FOR THE PLATE FOR A MIN, AT WHICH POINT THE CAPT GAVE ME HIS. WE WERE HIGH, DSNDING, AND BEHIND THE ACFT. I KEPT DSNDING ON THE CAPT'S GUIDANCE. WE CONFIGURED AND I SAW THE AIRFIELD LATE, ALTHOUGH WE WERE ON CTRLINE AND GLIDE PATH. BOTTOM LINE IS: I WAS NOT STABILIZED ON THE APCH AND WE LANDED HARD. THE CAPT WROTE IT UP AS A SUSPECTED HARD LNDG.
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.