A fatigued captain nearly landed on the ewr 22R runway edge lights which he mistook for centerline l...

Attributes
ACN	995231
Time
Date	201202
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	EWR.Airport
State Reference	NJ
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Widebody Low Wing 4 Turbojet Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Landing
Route In Use	Visual Approach
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Instrument
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 3000
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Track / Heading All Types

Narrative:

Pilot performance issue due to fatigue brought on by days on end of minimum rest. Began day in spain; a maintenance stop in canada and then to newark. Due to landing weight near maximum; the captain was the flying pilot. The crew had briefed the visual approach and side step to runway 22R at newark. The visual approach was entirely normal. As we neared the displaced threshold; the first officer called 'centerline'. I immediately made a correction to centerline. The aircraft aligned with the runway centerline. Touch down was long at around 2;000 ft; the beginning of the declared usable runway for runway 22R. The landing roll out was normal. Any more of a deviation would have required a go around. The illusion was the runway edge lights looked like the runway centerline lighting. Most of the time; we land on runway 22L at newark. Proper CRM by the first officer alerted me to the slot alignment problem. Fatigue and crew rest were major players in this event.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A fatigued Captain nearly landed on the EWR 22R runway edge lights which he mistook for centerline lights but became reoriented by the First Officer's 'Centerline' alert. Fatigue and crew rest were major factors.

Narrative: Pilot performance issue due to fatigue brought on by days on end of minimum rest. Began day in Spain; a maintenance stop in Canada and then to Newark. Due to landing weight near maximum; the Captain was the flying pilot. The Crew had briefed the visual approach and side step to Runway 22R at Newark. The visual approach was entirely normal. As we neared the displaced threshold; the First Officer called 'centerline'. I immediately made a correction to centerline. The aircraft aligned with the runway centerline. Touch down was long at around 2;000 FT; the beginning of the declared usable runway for Runway 22R. The landing roll out was normal. Any more of a deviation would have required a go around. The illusion was the runway edge lights looked like the runway centerline lighting. Most of the time; we land on Runway 22L at Newark. Proper CRM by the First Officer alerted me to the slot alignment problem. Fatigue and crew rest were major players in this event.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

A fatigued captain nearly landed on the ewr 22R runway edge lights which he mistook for centerline lights but became reoriented by the first officer's 'centerline' alert. Fatigue and crew rest were major factors.