- Date
- November 9, 1983, 09:40 local (16:40 UTC)
- Place
- Denver, CO
- Injuries
- 53 uninjured
- Damage
- No damage
- Phase of flight
- Landing
- Aircraft
- N3512TMcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19831109069059I
- Case key
- 16267
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Analysis
Approaching from the east there are 4 parallel 'strips' at the arpt. From l to r they are rwy 26L, taxiway 'charlie' rwy 26R & rwy 25. Rwy 26L & taxiway charlie are the same length. All 4 are concrete covered. The flt was cleared to landon rwy 26R. Rwy 26L was being used for instrument approaches. About 2 inches of snow had fallen the previous night. Snowremoval equip't had cleared rwy 26L, rwy 26R & taxiway charlie but all rwys & taxiways were 60-75% covered with up to 1/8 inch of melting slush. The crew stated they saw what appeared to them to be 3 snow plowed rwys ahead of them: rwy 26L, 26R & 25. They landed on the middle strip. The 3 'rwys' they saw were in fact 26L, taxiway charlie & 26R. The taxiway they had landed on has a load bearing weight of 700,000 lbs. The rwy lights, taxiway lights & all lighting associated with the rwys & the approach, with the exception of rwy 26R VASI lights, had been turned off. The crew agreedduring final that they were lined up with rwy 26R & commented that the glare was '...real bad...'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N3512T
- Reported as
- Mcdonnell Douglas DC-9-32
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 4811
- Engine
- P&W JT8D-15, 15,500 lbs thrust, turbo jet
- Damage
- No damage
- Flight
- Part 121
- Operator
- Continental Airlines
- Registered owner
- Texas International Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Departed
- IAH · Houston, TX
- Flight plan
- IFR
- Airport
- DEN · Stapleton International, runway 26R, 7,926 × 150 ft, concrete
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 39
- Certificate
- Airline transport
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land, Multi-engine land
- Instrument ratings
- Airplane
- Medical
- Class 1, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 11,000 total · 247 in the last 90 days · 66 in the last 30 days
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Variable at 8 knots
- Visibility
- 40 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 30 °F, dew point 19 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
- Observed at
- DEN
FAA reports on this event · 1
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