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The price to pay for unstable approach to a wet runway.

B737-200 Piedmont Airlines; Charlotte, NC. Landed on runway 36R after an ILS approach. About 24 seconds after touchdown, the aircraft overran the runway, struck a localiser antennae array, a concrete culvert, continued through a chain link fence, and came to rest upon the edge of rail road tracks 440 ft past the runway end. Probable cause: The Captain' failure to stabilise the approach to a landing and his failure to discontinue the approach to a landing that was conducted at an excessive speed beyond the normal touchdown point on a wet runway.

Contributing to the accident was the captain's failure to optimally use the airplane deceleration devices. Also contributing to the accident was the lack of effective coordination during the approach.
Final Report:

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/...ts/AAR8708.pdf
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