Travel Service B738 at Katowice on Mar 12th 2013, overran runway on landing

Last Update: April 23, 2013 / 17:38:11 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Overran runway on landing

Airline
Travel Service

Flight number
3Z-7127

Departure
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

Destination
Katowice, Poland

Aircraft Registration
OK-TVP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

A Travel Service Boeing 737-800 on behalf of Travel Service Polska, registration OK-TVP performing flight 3Z-7127 from Sharm el Sheikh (Egypt) to Katowice (Poland) with 179 passengers and 6 crew, landed on Katowice's runway 27 at 18:33L (17:33Z) but overran the end of the runway and came to a stop with nose and right main gear on soft ground, the right main gear about half a meter off paved surface, the left main gear just about on paved surface. No injuries occurred, the passengers disembarked through the rear doors via mobile stairs onto the runway. The nose wheels though visually undamaged sank nearly completely into soft ground.

The airport was closed for about 24 hours until the aircraft was digged out and towed off the runway.

The airport reported the aircraft went off the runway during landing, the passengers disembarked onto the runway via the rear doors. There was little if any damage.

On Apr 23rd 2013 Czech Republic's Accident Investigation Institute UZPLN reported in their quarterly bulletin, that the right hand thrust reverser had been locked out under minimum equipment list requirements. According to runway condition reports during the approach the braking action was medium, medium to poor. The crew reported a slippery runway during rollout. No anomalies with the aircraft were found, however, as preventive measures the autobrakes and antiskid systems were replaced. The UPLN have appointed an accredited representative into the investigation by Poland's authorities.

Related NOTAM:
A1417/13 - AD CLSD. 12 MAR 18:18 2013 UNTIL 13 MAR 07:00 2013 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 12 MAR 18:19 2013

Metars:
EPKT 121900Z 03005KT 3000 -SN BR FEW006 BKN040 M04/M04 Q1001
EPKT 121830Z 01005KT 2500 -SN BR FEW006 BKN040 M04/M05 Q1001
EPKT 121800Z 03007KT 2500 -SN BR SCT006 BKN033 M04/M04 Q1001 RESN
EPKT 121730Z 02006KT 2500 -SN BR SCT006 BKN012 M04/M04 Q1001 RESN
EPKT 121700Z 03005KT 3000 -SN BR SCT006 BKN015 M03/M04 Q1001
EPKT 121630Z 01004KT 330V030 2500 -SN BR SCT006 BKN012 M03/M04 Q1001
EPKT 121600Z 01006KT 2500 -SN BR BKN008 M03/M04 Q1001 RESN
EPKT 121530Z 36006KT 330V040 2000 SN BR SCT008 BKN012 M03/M04 Q1001
EPKT 121500Z 35005KT 5000 -SN BR BKN015 M02/M05 Q1001
EPKT 121430Z 36005KT 7000 -SN BKN015 M02/M05 Q1001
EPKT 121400Z 35004KT 7000 -SN BKN015 M02/M05 Q1001
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 12, 2013

Classification
Incident

Cause
Overran runway on landing

Airline
Travel Service

Flight number
3Z-7127

Departure
Sharm el Sheikh, Egypt

Destination
Katowice, Poland

Aircraft Registration
OK-TVP

Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800

ICAO Type Designator
B738

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