Widebody; Low Wing; 4 Turbojet Eng
Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 100; Flight Crew Total 12000; Flight Crew Type 3000
Confusion; Fatigue; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure
Deviation - Track / Heading All Types; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Flight Crew Became Reoriented; Flight Crew Took Evasive Action
Human Factors
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.
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.