Originally Posted by C130driver

This seems to happen more often than we would think. It could happen to any of us: add fatigue, lack of proficiency, maybe newly typed in the plane, etc. Just goes to show, never let your guard down. Even if flying a visual, always have a white/magenta/green (whatever you guys use) line to final. If there is an ILS, no reason not to use it as a backup. A localizer tuned up would have shown significant CDI deflection even a mile or two out from threshold as the pilot was lined up on the taxiway. I always brief the runway lighting if it is night or IMC so we both know what we are supposed to see when we break out of the goo.