Aerosvit B735 at Donetsk on Sep 22nd 2012, temporary runway excursion during landing

Last Update: November 1, 2012 / 00:20:36 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 22, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aerosvit Airlines

Flight number
VV-324

Departure
Larnaca, Cyprus

Destination
Donetsk, Ukraine

Aircraft Registration
UR-AAK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

An Aerosvit Boeing 737-500, registration UR-AAK performing flight VV-324 from Larnaca (Cyprus) to Donetsk (Ukraine), was on final approach to Donetsk's runway 26 in moderate rain and winds from 316 degrees at 16 knots. About 17 seconds prior to touch down the winds suddenly changed to 149 degrees at 5 knots resulting in a loss of airspeed and an increased vertical speed causing the aircraft to touch down harder than normal (vertical acceleration 1.75G, rate of descent 152 fpm above limit), the aircraft subsequently veered to the right, exited the runway and went over soft ground for about 400 meters before the aircraft returned onto the runway, slowed without further incident and taxied to the apron. The nose wheel tyres received serious cuts, the main gear tyres minor cuts, the crew subsequently informed tower about their runway excursion.

Ukraine's Ministry of Transport reported in their monthly bulletin horizontal visibility had been 1100 meters during the approach, the aircraft encountered windshear between 25 and 17 seconds before touch down. The first officer, pilot monitoring, noticed the deviation from stabilized approach but did not call out the excessive sink rate below 500 feet AGL. The investigation determined the cause of the runway excursion was a combination of the change of wind direction at the time of landing and hydroplaning, a contributing factor was the crew's disregard of possible hydroplaning in the conditions present.

Metars:
UKCC 221600Z 04002MPS 2000 -SHRA BKN030CB BKN083 16/15 Q1012 08290347 TEMPO VRB10G18MPS 1100 TSRAGR SQ BKN004 BKN015CB
UKCC 221530Z 00000MPS 3000 VCTSC -SHRA BKN030CB BKN066 17/15 Q1012 08290347 TEMPO VRB10G18MPS 1100 TSRAGR SQ BKN004 BKN015CB
UKCC 221500Z 22002MPS 150V280 4700 -TSRA BKN030CB BKN066 17/15 Q1013 08290347 TEMPO VRB10G18MPS 1100 TSRAGR SQ BKN004 BKN015CB
UKCC 221430Z 20007MPS 160V230 1600 TSRA BKN024 BKN020CB 18/15 Q1012 08290347 TEMPO VRB10G18MPS 1100 TSRAGR SQ BKN004 BKN015CB
UKCC 221400Z 24004MPS 9999 SCT030CB BKN083 21/14 Q1011 26090070 TEMPO VRB10G18MPS 1100 TSRAGR SQ BKN004 BKN015CB
UKCC 221330Z VRB01MPS 9000 SCT030CB BKN083 22/14 Q1011 26090070 TEMPO -TSRA BKN020CB
UKCC 221300Z 20002MPS 150V270 9999 SCT030CB BKN083 22/14 Q1011 08090070 TEMPO -TSRA BKN020CB
UKCC 221230Z VRB01MPS 9999 SCT033CB BKN100 22/14 Q1011 08090070 TEMPO -TSRA BKN020CB
UKCC 221200Z 15002MPS 110V180 9999 SCT033CB BKN100 22/14 Q1011 08090070 TEMPO -TSRA BKN020CB
UKCC 221130Z 17003MPS 110V230 9999 SCT033CB BKN100 22/14 Q1011 08090070 NOSIG
UKCC 221100Z 15004MPS 070V210 CAVOK 23/14 Q1011 08090070 NOSIG
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 22, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Aerosvit Airlines

Flight number
VV-324

Departure
Larnaca, Cyprus

Destination
Donetsk, Ukraine

Aircraft Registration
UR-AAK

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-500

ICAO Type Designator
B735

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