Skymark B738 at Omitami on Apr 22nd 2012, landed on wrong runway

Last Update: April 25, 2012 / 20:23:37 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 22, 2012

Flight number
BC-794

Destination
Omitami, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA73NE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Skymark Boeing 737-800, registration JA73NE performing flight BC-794 from Sapporo to Omitami (Japan), was cleared to land on Omitami's civil runway 21R, aligned visually with the runway centerline and landed at 17:33L (08:33Z). Following their landing tower instructed the aircraft to turn onto runway 21R, at which point the crew realized they had landed on the military runway 21L.

Omitami's Ibaraki Airport is a combined civil and military airport also known under the name Hyakuri Air Base.

Metars:
RJAH 221000Z 35002KT 4000 BR FEW030 BKN040 OVC080 10/10 Q1021
RJAH 220900Z 35003KT 5000 BR FEW030 BKN040 OVC080 11/10 Q1021
RJAH 220800Z 36004KT 5000 BR FEW030 BKN040 OVC100 11/10 Q1022
RJAH 220721Z 34003KT 5000 BR FEW020 BKN030 OVC040 11/10 Q1022 RMK 1SC020 5SC0308SC040 A3019
RJAH 220700Z 31003KT 6000 -RA FEW015 OVC025 11/10 Q1022
RJAH 220640Z 30005KT 7000 -RA FEW015 OVC025 11/10 Q1023 RMK 1SC015 8SC025 A3021
RJAH 220600Z 04004KT 9999 -RA FEW015 OVC025 11/09 Q1023
RJAH 220536Z 05004KT 9999 -RA FEW015 BKN025 OVC035 11/09 Q1023 RMK 1SC015 7SC025 8SC035 A3022
RJAH 220500Z 07004KT 020V130 9999 FEW015 BKN025 OVC035 11/09 Q1023
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Apr 22, 2012

Flight number
BC-794

Destination
Omitami, Japan

Aircraft Registration
JA73NE

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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