Lion B738 at Gorontalo on Apr 29th 2018, runway excursion on landing

Last Update: August 8, 2018 / 16:08:27 GMT/Zulu time

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Photo of Lion Air PK-LOO, Boeing 737-800 — Lion Air PK-LOO, Boeing 737-800 (Photo credit: PK-REN / Flickr / License: CC by-sa)

Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 29, 2018

Classification
Accident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
Lion Air

Flight number
JT-892

Departure
Makassar, Indonesia

Destination
Gorontalo, Indonesia

Aircraft Registration
PK-LOO

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Lion Air Boeing 737-800, registration PK-LOO performing flight JT-892 from Makassar to Gorontalo (Indonesia) with 174 passengers and 7 crew, landed on Gorontalo's runway 27 in rain at about 18:35L (10:35Z) but veered left off the runway and came to a stop on soft ground with the nose gear collapsed and main gear struts dug in. There are no injuries being reported, the aircraft sustained substantial damage however.

According to ADS-B data the aircraft came to a stop about 420 meters past the runway end near the aerodrome perimeter fence.

According to daylight photos taken the following day the aircraft veered left off the runway digging up the soft ground left of the runway over several dozens of meters and came to a stop abeam about midpoint of the runway.

The airline confirmed the aircraft overran the runway in rainy weather conditions. All occupantes evacuated the aircraft safely and were taken to the terminal.

On Aug 8th 2018 Indonesia's NTSC released their preliminary report reporting the crew of an ATR-42 that had landed just prior to the accident aircraft advised that there was heavy rain in the final area. The Boeing crew continued their approach and touched down normally, autobrakes activated, the spoilers and the thrust reversers deployed, then the pilots felt the rain suddenly increased and they were able to only see the left runway edge lights. The aircraft came to a stop about 1200 meters down the runway at a heading of 310 degrees, the nose gear collapsed. After the aircraft came to a stop and the crew had performed the emergency on ground procedure the PA and radio systems failed. The captain commanded the evacuation to the lead flight attendant (FA1) directly. The forward flight attendants (FA1 and FA4) opened the doors and initiated the evacuation, flight attendants 2,3 and 5 positioned in the aft cabin did not notice an evacuation had been initiated. Tower was unable to communicate with the aircraft but recognized the aircraft had experienced an anomaly and alerted emergency services via a hand held radio (the crash bell had not yet been connected to the new fire station). Emergency services responded and assisted with the evacuation of the aircraft. All passengers evacuated via the slides at the front doors.

The captain (57, ATPL, 24,863 hours total, 8,585 hours on type) was pilot monitoring, the first officer (24, CPL, 2,188 hours total, 2,188 hours on type) was pilot flying.

The local weather station reported at 17:00L: light rain, winds from eastnortheast at 3 knots, visibility 6000 meters, QNH 1010 hPa, temperature 24 degrees C, dew point 24 degrees C, humidity 88%, at 20:00L the weather station reported: light rain, winds from eastsoutheast at 2 knots, visibility 6000 meters, QNH 1010hPa, temperature 24 degrees C, dew point 24 degrees C, humidity 97%.

On Apr 30th 2018 The Aviation Herald was able to retrieve the Metars:
WAMG 291200Z 12002KT 6000 -RA BKN008CB 24/24 Q1010 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 291130Z 11003KT 5000 -RA BKN008CB 24/24 Q1010 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 291100Z 07005KT 6000 -RA BKN008CB 24/24 Q1009 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 291100Z 07005KT 5000 RA BKN008CB 25/24 Q1008 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 291030Z 15005KT 6000 RA BKN008CB 26/24 Q1008 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 291000Z 05002KT 6000 RA BKN008CB 26/24 Q1008 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 290930Z 10001KT 9999 -RA BKN010CB 26/24 Q1008 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 290900Z 06003KT 9999 -RA BKN010CB 27/24 Q1008 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 290830Z 06004KT 9999 -RA FEW015CB 27/24 Q1007 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 290800Z 15002KT 9999 FEW018CB 30/24 Q1007 RMK CB IN APCH =
WAMG 290730Z 16002KT 9999 FEW018CB 30/24 Q1007 RMK CB IN CLIMB OUT =
WAMG 290700Z 17003KT 9999 FEW018CB 30/24 Q1007 RMK CB IN CLIMB OUT =
WAMG 290630Z 11002KT 9999 SCT018 30/24 Q1007 NOSIG =