Ajet B738 at Rize on Mar 1st 2025, on go around turned wrongly into high terrain

Last Update: March 3, 2025 / 21:45:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ajet

Flight number
VF-4268

Departure
Ankara, Turkey

Destination
Rize, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-SOG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

An Ajet Boeing 737-800, registration TC-SOG performing flight VF-4268 from Ankara to Rize (Turkey), was on final approach to Rize's runway 06 when the crew performed a go around about 2.3nm short of the runway threshold because of being about 1700 feeet too high on the approach profile, turned right (instead of left according to the standard missed approach procedure) towards high terrain (rising to 2800 meters/9200 feet). The aircraft climbed slowly through 3000 feet when the crew turned the aircraft left again towards the open Black Sea, climbed further to 6000 feet and positioned for another approach to runway 06 on a 3 degrees glidepath for a landing without further incident.

The aircraft performed the return flight VF-4269 on schedule.

Metars:
LTFO 010550Z 16007KT 8000 -SHRA SCT008 BKN028 04/02 Q1025 RESHRA=
LTFO 010515Z 17004KT 6000 -SHRA BKN007 BKN028 03/02 Q1025 RESHRA=
LTFO 010450Z 26006KT 220V290 4500 SHRA BKN007 BKN028 05/03 Q1025=
LTFO 010427Z VRB05KT 4500 SHRA SCT011 BKN028 05/03 Q1024=
LTFO 010350Z VRB02KT 9999 -SHRA SCT016 BKN028 04/01 Q1024=
LTFO 010250Z 00000KT 9999 -SHRA SCT016 BKN028 03/01 Q1023=
LTFO 010150Z 16004KT 9999 -SHRA SCT016 BKN028 03/01 Q1023=
LTFO 010141Z 15003KT 9999 -SHRA SCT016 BKN028 03/01 Q1023=
LTFO 010050Z 14003KT 9999 SCT025 BKN080 04/01 Q1023=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 1, 2025

Classification
Incident

Airline
Ajet

Flight number
VF-4268

Departure
Ankara, Turkey

Destination
Rize, Turkey

Aircraft Registration
TC-SOG

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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