Virgin Australia B738 at Brisbane on Nov 30th 2022, overran runway on takeoff and became airborne

Last Update: December 9, 2022 / 19:55:26 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 30, 2022

Classification
Incident

Airline
Virgin Australia

Flight number
VA-324

Departure
Brisbane, Australia

Destination
Melbourne, Australia

Aircraft Registration
VH-YFH

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

Airport
Brisbane International Airport, Brisbane

Airport ICAO Code
YBBN

A Virgin Australia Boeing 737-800, registration VH-YFH performing flight VA-324 from Brisbane,QL to Melbourne,VI (Australia), was accelerating for takeoff from Brisbane's runway 19L at 12:49L (01:49Z) when the aircraft rolled past the displaced end of the runway and became airborne only in the section of the runway, that had been closed due to works in progress. The aircraft climbed out without further incident and continued to destination.

Between Nov 29th 2022 21:00Z and Nov 30th 2022 06:30Z 831 meters of the southern part of runway 01R/19L were unavailable due to works in progress.

On Dec 9th 2022 the ATSB reported, the occurrence was rated a serious incident, and opened an investigation.

NOTAM:
J4118/22 NOTAMR J4027/22
Q) YBBB/QMTCM/IV/NBO/A/000/999/2723S15307E005
A) YBBN
B) 2211292100 C) 2211300630
E) RWY 01R THR DISPLACED
RWY 01R/19L 871M SOUTH END NOT AVBL DUE WIP
OBST WORKERS AND EQPT 16FT AGL ON RCL 2889M FM START OF TKOF RWY 19L
EFFECTIVE RWY LEN AVBL 2689M
THR RWY 01R DISPLACED 921M MARKED BY FIVE GREEN LGT AND RWY THR IDENT
LGT (RTIL) EACH SIDE OF RWY
DECLARED DISTANCE AND GRADIENT CHANGES
RWY TORA TODA ASDA LDA
01R 2689 2809(1.6) 2749 2579
19L 2689 2749(3.6) 2689 2689
SUPPLEMENTARY TKOF DISTANCES
RWY19L- 2577(1.6) 2626(1.9) 2662(2.2)
TWY A7 AVBL FOR RWY 01R INTL DEP
RWY 01R PAPI, HIGH INTENSITY APCH LGT (HIAL) AND RCLL NOT AVBL
HIGH INTENSITY RWY LGT (HIRL) NOT AVBL
RWY 01R TEMPO PAPI LEFT SIDE 3.0 DEG 75FT AVBL
REFER METHOD OF WORKING PLAN YBBN 22/07

Metars:
YBBN 300300Z 16012KT 9999 -RA FEW023 BKN032 OVC045 21/15 Q1013=
YBBN 300230Z 15011KT 9999 -RA FEW023 BKN032 BKN045 21/16 Q1013=
YBBN 300200Z 15011KT 9999 -RA VCSH FEW028 BKN035 BKN045 21/16 Q1014=
YBBN 300130Z 16011KT 9999 -SHRA -RA FEW022 BKN035 OVC045 22/16 Q1014=
YBBN 300100Z 15010KT 9999 -RA FEW025 BKN032 22/16 Q1014=
YBBN 300030Z 15011KT 9999 -RA FEW025 SCT035 OVC180 22/16 Q1014=
YBBN 292230Z 17008KT 9999 FEW022 SCT050 BKN250 22/17 Q1015=
YBBN 292130Z 17009KT 9999 FEW021 SCT029 BKN040 22/17 Q1014=
YBBN 292100Z 17009KT 9999 VCSH FEW017 SCT022 BKN030 22/17 Q1014=

Aircraft Registration Data

Registration mark

VH-YFH

Country of Registration

Australia

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Manufacturer

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Aircraft Model / Type

737-8FE

ICAO Aircraft Type

B738

Year of Manufacture

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Serial Number

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Maximum Take off Mass (MTOM) [kg]

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Engine Count

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Engine

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