Tunis A320 at Tunis on Feb 6th 2013, runway excursion on landing
Last Update: February 13, 2013 / 15:36:26 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 6, 2013
Classification
Accident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Tunisair
Flight number
TU-712
Departure
Casablanca, Morocco
Destination
Tunis, Tunisia
Aircraft Registration
TS-IMB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The airline reported the aircraft was landing at Tunis and suffered a slight overrun at a time when strong gusts were recorded.
On Feb 12th 2013 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin, that the aircraft had landed on runway 19 at 13:23Z. About 1600 meters down the runway the aircraft began to veer right, exited the runway at about 1800 meters down the runway, went 114 meters over soft ground (grass), went across runway 11/29 nearly perpendicular to the runway axis, continued another 130 meters over soft ground and 17 meters on the paved surface of taxiway F before coming to a stop. The Authorities of Tunisia are investigating the accident.
Metars:
DTTA 061430Z 28021G31KT 9999 SCT023 FEW030CB BKN086 13/07 Q1006 NOSIG
DTTA 061414Z 28019G31KT 9999 SCT023 FEW030CB BKN086 13/07 Q1006 NOSIG
DTTA 061400Z 30015KT 270V330 9999 SCT023 FEW030CB BKN086 12/08 Q1006 NOSIG
DTTA 061330Z 25016G38KT 220V290 8000 -RA SQ SCT023 BKN086 17/06 Q1007 NOSIG
DTTA 061326Z 26018G39KT 220V290 8000 -RA SQ SCT023 BKN086 14/07 Q1007 NOSIG
DTTA 061324Z 25016G38KT 220V290 9999 -RA SQ SCT023 BKN086 17/06 Q1007 NOSIG
DTTA 061300Z 22013KT 9999 FEW023 SCT086 18/06 Q1006 NOSIG
DTTA 061230Z 23013KT 190V250 9999 FEW023 SCT086 18/06 Q1006 NOSIG
DTTA 061200Z 23012KT 210V270 9999 FEW023 SCT086 18/07 Q1006 NOSIG
DTTA 061130Z 24012KT 9999 FEW023 SCT086 17/07 Q1007 NOSIG
DTTA 061100Z 21012KT 9999 FEW023 16/06 Q1008 NOSIG
DTTA 061030Z 21011KT 9999 FEW023 15/06 Q1009 NOSIG
Relevant NOTAM:
A0119/13 - RWY 01/19 CLSD DUE TO IMMOBILIZED ACFT. 06 FEB 16:06 2013 UNTIL 06 FEB 23:59 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 06 FEB 16:06 2013
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 6, 2013
Classification
Accident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Tunisair
Flight number
TU-712
Departure
Casablanca, Morocco
Destination
Tunis, Tunisia
Aircraft Registration
TS-IMB
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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