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A320 on approach to sjc runway 12R; after tower was closed; is unable to adjust lights with pilot controlled lighting; landed runway 12L and then observed men and equipment on runway 12R.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 686066 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200602 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001 To 0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sjc.airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 200 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | Marginal |
| Light | Night |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | A320 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | descent : approach landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 17000 flight time type : 650 |
| ASRS Report | 686066 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | flight crew : took precautionary avoidance action |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company Flight Crew Human Performance ATC Human Performance Airport |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
Narrative:
Arrived at sjc at XB15; 2 hours and 15 mins late due to maintenance and plane swap. Sjc tower closed at XA30. Vectored to final by norcal approach to intercept the ILS for runway 12R and cleared for approach. Handed off to CTAF 124.0 at approximately 10 mile final. 'No tower' position reports made at 9 and 5 miles out. Ceiling around 3000 ft with good visibility below. Upon visual acquisition of the airport we could see that runway lights for runway 12R were only partially illuminated. Attempting to use the pilot controlled lighting function on the light only resulted in the approach lights brightening. Runway 12L appeared to be normally lit so at around 1000 ft AGL we sidestepped to that runway and landed normally. At around 200 ft we observed that there were men and equipment about 2/3 of the way down runway 12R. No warning about runway closure was included in our flight paperwork. Had we flown the approach in worse WX and attempted to land on runway 12R after breaking out we would have hit the trucks and work crew.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A320 ON APCH TO SJC RWY 12R; AFTER TWR WAS CLOSED; IS UNABLE TO ADJUST LIGHTS WITH PCL; LANDED RWY 12L AND THEN OBSERVED MEN AND EQUIPMENT ON RWY 12R.
Narrative: ARRIVED AT SJC AT XB15; 2 HRS AND 15 MINS LATE DUE TO MAINTENANCE AND PLANE SWAP. SJC TWR CLOSED AT XA30. VECTORED TO FINAL BY NORCAL APCH TO INTERCEPT THE ILS FOR RWY 12R AND CLRED FOR APCH. HANDED OFF TO CTAF 124.0 AT APPROX 10 MILE FINAL. 'NO TOWER' POSITION RPTS MADE AT 9 AND 5 MILES OUT. CEILING AROUND 3000 FT WITH GOOD VISIBILITY BELOW. UPON VISUAL ACQUISITION OF THE ARPT WE COULD SEE THAT RWY LIGHTS FOR RWY 12R WERE ONLY PARTIALLY ILLUMINATED. ATTEMPTING TO USE THE PCL FUNCTION ON THE LIGHT ONLY RESULTED IN THE APCH LIGHTS BRIGHTENING. RWY 12L APPEARED TO BE NORMALLY LIT SO AT AROUND 1000 FT AGL WE SIDESTEPPED TO THAT RWY AND LANDED NORMALLY. AT AROUND 200 FT WE OBSERVED THAT THERE WERE MEN AND EQUIPMENT ABOUT 2/3 OF THE WAY DOWN RWY 12R. NO WARNING ABOUT RWY CLOSURE WAS INCLUDED IN OUR FLT PAPERWORK. HAD WE FLOWN THE APCH IN WORSE WX AND ATTEMPTED TO LAND ON RWY 12R AFTER BREAKING OUT WE WOULD HAVE HIT THE TRUCKS AND WORK CREW.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.