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ASRS REPORT: 80232

Data Source AVIATION SAFETY REPORTING SYSTEM
Report Number 80232
Local Date 01-JAN-88
Local Time 0001-0600

Synopsis
ACR MLG WRONG RWY LNDG.

Assessment
Event Primary Problem HUMAN FACTORS
General Results NONE REPORTED / TAKEN

Anomaly Information
Anomaly Detected - Person Desc FLIGHT CREW

Location Information
Loc State Code CO
Loc Ref Airport Name DEN
Altitude AGL - Single Value(ft) 0

Environmental Information
Weather Conditions VMC
Light Condition NIGHT


AIRCRAFT INFORMATION

Aircraft 1
Acft Make/Model Desc MEDIUM LARGE TRANSPORT, LOW WING, 2 TURBOJET ENG
Acft Operator Desc AIR CARRIER
Acft Flight Mission PASSENGER
Acft Flight Phase LANDING
Acft Flight Plan IFR
Flight Crew Count 2


PERSON INFORMATION

Information For Person Sequence 1

Reporting Organization AIR CARRIER
Flt Crew Exp (last 90 days) 200
Flt Crew Total Exp 16000
Flt Crew Function CAPTAIN
Flt Crew Qual Desc AIR TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP)


Narrative

THE F/O WAS FLYING AS WE APCHED DEN FROM THE SW ON A PROFILE DES. WE RPTED THE ARPT IN SIGHT ABOUT 7 MI OUT AND WERE CLRD FOR A VISUAL APCH TO 17R. THERE IS NO INSTRUMENT APCH PROC PUBLISHED FOR 17R, SO THE ILS TO 17L WAS TUNED IN FOR REF. THE F/O MADE A CLOSE IN SHORT APCH FROM A MODIFIED BASE. THE NAV INSTRUMENTS CONFIRMED WHAT WE SAW VISUALLY. THE NUMBERS AT THE APCH END OF THE RWY WERE OBSCURED BY SNOW SO WE COULDN'T READ THEM. THE TOUCHDOWN AND LNDG WERE NORMAL, BUT ON THE ROLLOUT IT APPEARED THAT THE RWY WAS SHORTER THAN IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN. AFTER WE ROLLED OUT TO A STOP I REALIZED WE WERE NOT ON 17R. WE GOT OUT THE ARPT DIAGRAM AND REALIZED WE LANDED ON RWY 18. WE CALLED THE TWR AND WERE GIVEN TAXI INSTRUCTIONS TO THE GATE. AFTER WE SECURED THE ACFT I WENT INSIDE AND CALLED THE TWR ON THE PHONE. THE CTLR APOLOGIZED TO ME BECAUSE AFTER HE SAW US ON BASE LEG, HE SAID HE WENT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE CAB FOR SOME COFFEE. HE DIDN'T KNOW WE WERE ON THE WRONG RWY UNTIL WE CALLED FOR TAXI CLRNC AND TOLD HIM WHERE WE WERE. SINCE THERE WERE NO OTHER OPERATIONS GOING ON AND THERE WAS NO CONFLICT WITH ANY OTHER TFC HE SAID THAT IT WAS NO PROB AND WOULD NOT BE RPTED. I FEEL THAT IF THE F/O HAD NOT MADE THE CLOSE IN SHORT APCH AND HAD FLOWN A NORMAL DOWNWIND LEG, WE WOULD HAVE HAD A BETTER PICTURE OF THE LAYOUT OF THE ARPT. I THINK THAT THIS SITUATION COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BY MAKING A CAREFUL REVIEW OF THE ARPT DIAGRAM, MAKING A STANDARD TFC PATTERN INSTEAD OF A SHORT APCH FROM BASE LEG, GETTING VECTORS TO FINAL APCH WHEN NO INSTRUMENT PROCS ARE PUBLISHED FOR A RWY, AND POSSIBLY IF THE CTLR WAS WATCHING US HE COULD HAVE ADVISED US THAT WE WERE LINED UP WITH THE WRONG RWY.

Information For Person Sequence 2

Flt Crew Function PILOT FLYING
Flt Crew Qual Desc AIR TRANSPORT PILOT (ATP)


Narrative



END REPORT