Ryanair B738 at Krakow on Mar 31st 2013, tail scrape on takeoff
Last Update: April 2, 2013 / 17:10:27 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 31, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-1902
Departure
Krakow, Poland
Destination
Dublin, Ireland
Aircraft Registration
EI-DWV
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
A replacement Boeing 737-800 registration EI-DCZ reached Dublin with a delay of 8:15 hours.
The incident aircraft resumed service the following day after about 28 hours on the ground.
The airline confirmed the aircraft suffered a minor tail scrape resulting in minor damage to the tail skid assembly. The incident was reported to the IAA (Irish Aviation Authority) and AAIU (Irish Air Accident Investigation Unit) the same day, an investigation has been opened.
A frequent traveller seated in the back of the cabin reported that there was a lot of wet snow around the aerodrome at the time of departure. The aircraft did not seem to accelerate as usual, when the aircraft finally rotated the passenger heard a loud bang and felt a jolt from underneath, the cabin went cold quite suddenly. The aircraft landed back about 30 minutes later, the passengers were well looked after by the airline.
Metars:
EPKK 311300Z 03005KT 6000 -PL FEW006 BKN008 01/M00 Q1000 R25/29//95
EPKK 311230Z 03006KT 8000 FEW006 BKN008 01/00 Q1000 R25/29//95
EPKK 311200Z 03005KT 5000 -RASN BR FEW005 BKN007 00/00 Q1000 R25/29//95
EPKK 311130Z 04006KT 2500 -PL BR BKN007 00/00 Q1000 R25/29//95
EPKK 311100Z 03005KT 2500 -SN BR FEW003 BKN006 00/M00 Q1001 RESN R25/29//95
EPKK 311030Z 04006KT 1600 SN BR FEW002 BKN005 00/M00 Q1001 R25/29//95
EPKK 311000Z 05004KT 3000 -RASN BR BKN006 00/M01 Q1002 R25/29//95
EPKK 310930Z 05010KT 3500 -RASN BR SCT007 BKN012 00/M01 Q1001 R25/29//95
EPKK 310900Z 04012KT 340V060 3500 -SN BR SCT007 BKN012 M00/M01 Q1001 R25/29//95
EPKK 310830Z 05012KT 3000 -SN BR BKN006 BKN012 M00/M01 Q1002 R25/55//36
EPKK 310800Z 04012KT 1800 -SN BR BKN006 BKN012 M00/M01 Q1002 R25/55//36
EPKK 310730Z 05012KT 1600 R25/1400 -SN BR BKN005 BKN012 M00/M01 Q1002 RESN R25/55//36
EPKK 310700Z 04011KT 1600 SN BR BKN005 BKN010 M00/M01 Q1003 R25/55//36
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 31, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Ryanair
Flight number
FR-1902
Departure
Krakow, Poland
Destination
Dublin, Ireland
Aircraft Registration
EI-DWV
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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