Baltic B735 at Moscow on Dec 6th 2017, runway excursion upon vacating the runway, next approach continued landing

Last Update: December 6, 2017 / 15:49:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 6, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-428

Departure
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-BBE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

Airport ICAO Code
UUEE

An Air Baltic Boeing 737-500, registration YL-BBE performing flight BT-428 from Riga (Latvia) to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia) with 52 people on board, landed safely on Sheremetyevo's runway 06L and rolled out without incident. Upon vacating the runway to the right onto taxiway 13, at about midpoint of the runway, the aircraft missed the taxiway entry, stopped with the nose gear on soft ground and was disabled clear of the right hand runway edge but still within the runway protected area. The crew reported they had missed the taxiway entry, ATC instructed they should try to continue taxi, the crew advised they were not able to taxi on own power anymore.

Another aircraft on short final to runway 06L, an Aeroflot Boeing 737-800 registration VQ-BWE performing flight SU-1413 from Ekaterinburg to Moscow Sheremetyevo (Russia), had already been cleared to land, continued the landing and was able to stop short of taxiway 13. ATC subsequently instructed the aircraft to vacate via taxiway 14 further down the runway advising the next taxiway 13 was occupied.

Runway 06L/24R was closed and is estimated to remain closed until evening, the airport switched to single runway operation using runway 06R only.

The airport reported the aircraft skidded onto soft ground while turning off the runway, the nose gear went about 5 meters off the paved surface of the taxiway.

Metars:
UUEE 061330Z 11005MPS 1800 R06R/1800N SHSN SCT012CB M03/M03 Q1000 R06R/590320 NOSIG=
UUEE 061300Z 13005MPS 1800 R06R/1900D SHSN SCT013CB M03/M03 Q1000 R06R/590320 NOSIG=
UUEE 061230Z 12004MPS 1000 R06R/1200U SHSN SCT007CB M03/M04 Q1000 R06R/590230 NOSIG=
UUEE 061200Z 13005MPS 1500 1400NE R06L/1500U R06R/1500U SN SCT010 M03/M04 Q1001 R06L/520236 R06R/550245 NOSIG=
UUEE 061130Z 13004MPS 6000 -SN SCT012 M03/M04 Q1001 R06L/520236 R06R/550245 NOSIG=
UUEE 061100Z 13004MPS 3500 -SN SCT010 M03/M04 Q1001 R06L/520236 R06R/550245 NOSIG=
UUEE 061030Z 13004MPS 3700 -SN SCT013 M03/M04 Q1001 R06L/520236 R06R/550245 NOSIG=
UUEE 061000Z 14004MPS 5000 -SHSN SCT012CB M03/M05 Q1002 R06R/550245 NOSIG=
UUEE 060930Z 14005MPS 8000 -SHSN SCT019CB M03/M05 Q1002 R24R/410240 R24L/410251 NOSIG=
UUEE 060900Z 16004MPS 9999 SCT018 M02/M06 Q1002 R24R/410240 R24L/410251 NOSIG
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 6, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Baltic

Flight number
BT-428

Departure
Riga, Latvia

Aircraft Registration
YL-BBE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

Airport ICAO Code
UUEE

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