Vietnam A321 at Da Nang on Jul 12th 2017, temporary runway excursion, aircraft ain't no lawnmower

Last Update: October 18, 2017 / 14:05:47 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Vietnam Airlines

Flight number
VN-7179

Departure
Hanoi, Vietnam

Destination
Da Nang, Vietnam

Aircraft Registration
VN-A610

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A Vietnam Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration VN-A610 performing flight VN-7179 from Hanoi to Da Nang (Vietnam), landed on Da Nang's runway 35R at 21:48L (14:48Z) with the first officer being pilot flying. The aircraft touched down to the right of the runway center line, the captain took control of the aircraft, the aircraft however continued to veer right temporarily leaving the runway with the right main gear. The right main gear took out two runway edge lights and went over soft ground, before the aircraft returned to the runway center line. The aircraft slowed without further incident and taxied to the apron.

A ground engineer found grass embedded in the right main gear, slats and flaps.

According to information The Aviation Herald received the rain intensity increased substantially while the aircraft was in the flare reducing forward visbility and making it hard to see the runway center line, at the same time a strong gust of crosswind at 24 knots occurred. The first officer flared early, the aircraft drifted off the center line, the captain took control but was not able to keep the aircraft within the runway edge lines.

The aircraft was taken out of service and remained on the ground in Da Nang until Sep 9th 2017 (almost two months).

Metars:
VVDN 121600Z 26005KT 8000 FEW012 FEW015CB BKN050 25/24 Q1010 NOSIG=
VVDN 121530Z 24007KT 6000 -RA FEW012 FEW015CB BKN050 25/23 Q1010 NOSIG=
VVDN 121500Z 28005KT 260V330 2500 +SHRA SCT010 FEW015CB BKN050 25/24 Q1010 BECMG TL1520 4000 SHRA=
VVDN 121430Z VRB02KT 6000 SHRA SCT012 FEW015CB BKN050 26/25 Q1010 TEMPO 4000 SHRA=
VVDN 121400Z 22004KT 8000 FEW012 SCT015CB 26/25 Q1009 TEMPO 5000 SHRA=
VVDN 121330Z 24006KT 7000 -SHRA SCT012 SCT015CB 26/25 Q1009 TEMPO 5000 SHRA=
VVDN 121300Z 22008KT 8000 -SHRA FEW012 SCT015CB 26/25 Q1008 TEMPO 5000 SHRA=
VVDN 121230Z 17006KT 130V210 9999 FEW012 SCT015CB 28/25 Q1008 TEMPO 5000 SHRA=
VVDN 121200Z 07006KT 030V130 9999 FEW012 SCT015CB 30/25 Q1007 TEMPO 5000 SHRA=
VVDN 121130Z 08006KT 040V120 9999 SCT015 FEW017CB 30/26 Q1007 NOSIG=
VVDN 121100Z 10006KT 060V130 9999 FEW015 FEW017CB 30/26 Q1007 NOSIG=
VVDN 121030Z 09007KT 050V120 9999 FEW015 FEW017CB 31/26 Q1007 NOSIG=
VVDN 121000Z 08008KT 9999 FEW015 FEW017CB 31/26 Q1006 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 12, 2017

Classification
Accident

Airline
Vietnam Airlines

Flight number
VN-7179

Departure
Hanoi, Vietnam

Destination
Da Nang, Vietnam

Aircraft Registration
VN-A610

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

This article is published under license from Avherald.com. © of text by Avherald.com.
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