Rio Cargo B722 at Porto Velho on Mar 5th 2013, runway excursion

Last Update: March 7, 2013 / 09:37:30 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 5, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
Rio Cargo Linhas Aereas

Departure
Cuiaba, Brazil

Destination
Porto Velho, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-IOD

Aircraft Type
Boeing 727-200

ICAO Type Designator
B722

A Rio Cargo Linhas Aereas Boeing 727-200 on behalf of Brazil's post offices, registration PR-IOD performing a mail cargo flight from Cuiaba,MT to Porto Velho,RO (Brazil) with 3 crew, landed on Porto Velho's runway 01 at about 09:22L (13:22Z) but overran the end of the runway and veered left off the runway and came to a stop left off the runway about 20 meters off the paved surface of the runway. No injuries occurred, the aircraft sustained no visible damage but had the wheels digged into soft ground.

The airport was closed for about 4 hours then the decision was made to re-open the runway after displacing the threshold of runway 19 by 580 meters.

The aircraft is being unloaded before the aircraft can be towed to the apron.

The crew reported the braking system failed so that the aircraft did not slow properly. In order to prevent an overrun into rough terrain the crew steered the aircraft to the left where soft ground bogged down/helped to slow the aircraft.

Brazil's CENIPA (Center of Accident Investigation and Prevention) have opened an investigation.

Metars:
SBPV 051600Z 00000KT 8000 SCT006 BKN080 28/23 Q1013
SBPV 051500Z 24004KT 6000 SCT005 BKN080 25/22 Q1014
SBPV 051400Z 00000KT 6000 BKN004 BKN080 24/23 Q1015
SBPV 051300Z 00000KT 5000 -RA BR SCT006 BKN080 24/23 Q1015
SBPV 051200Z 03003KT 5000 -RA BKN005 OVC080 22/21 Q1015 RETS
SBPV 051100Z 09007KT 5000 -TSRA BKN005 FEW025CB OVC080 23/21 Q1014 RERA
SBPV 051000Z 10014KT 2000 RA BKN006 FEW025TCU BKN070 22/21 Q1013

Related NOTAMs:
O0135/13 - DECLARED DIST CHANGED TO:
RWY TORA TODA ASDA LDA
01 1820M 1820M 1820M 1820M
19 1820M 1820M 1885M 1820M.
05 MAR 17:29 2013 UNTIL 07 MAR 17:00 2013. CREATED: 05 MAR 17:33 2013

O0134/13 - RWY 19 FST 580M CLSD DUE TO ACFT ACCIDENT. 05 MAR 17:23 2013 UNTIL 07 MAR 17:00 2013. CREATED: 05 MAR 17:26 2013