British Airways B744 at Abuja on Jun 16th 2012, runway excursion during backtrack

Last Update: June 18, 2012 / 15:20:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jun 16, 2012

Classification
Incident

Cause
Runway excursion

Airline
British Airways

Flight number
BA-83

Departure
London Heathrow, United Kingdom

Destination
Abuja, Nigeria

Aircraft Registration
G-CIVY

Aircraft Type
Boeing 747-400

ICAO Type Designator
B744

A British Airways Boeing 747-400, registration G-CIVY performing flight BA-83 (dep Jun 15th) from London Heathrow,EN (UK) to Abuja (Nigeria), landed safely on Abuja's runway 04 at about 05:01L (04:01Z) but subsequently went off the runway while turning around to backtrack the runway. No injuries and no damage occurred. The aircraft reached the gate 72 minutes.

The aircraft was able to perform the return flight BA-82 on schedule after about 3.5 hours on the ground departing at 08:29L.

Nigeria's Airport Authority said the aircraft was taxiing on the runway when the aircraft went past the runway edge. On Jun 18th the Airport Authority added that the aircraft had rolled out past high speed turn off A3 and needed to backtrack the runway. The crew subsequently requested to continue straight past the temporary runway end and vacate the runway via closed taxiway A2. Runway and Taxiway A2 were briefly opened permitting the aircraft to reach the apron on its own about an hour later.

The last 609 meters of runway 04, including both last taxiways A1 and A2, are currently closed due to runway 22 and approach lighting runway 22 upgrade works, leaving 3000 meters of landing distance available. If landing aircraft can not turn off onto high speed exit (A3) 2286 meters down the runway they need to turn around on the runway and backtrack the runway. The runway is 60 meters/200 feet wide.

available Metars:
DNAA 161200Z 20006KT 9999 SCT012 27/20 Q1013 NOSIG
DNAA 161000Z 17004KT 9999 FEW010 25/19 Q1014 NOSIG
DNAA 160600Z VRB02KT 9999 FEW008 21/18 Q1014 NOSIG
DNAA 152100Z 18005KT 140V200 9999 TS SCT010 FEW020CB 27/21 Q1014 TEMPO 06015G30KT 5000 TSRA BKN009 RMK CB N-E
DNAA 152100Z 18005KT 140V200 9999 TS SCT010 FEW020CB 27/21 Q1014 TEMPO 06015G30KT 5000 TSRA BKN009 RMK CB(N-E)
DNAA 151600Z 27006KT 240V310 9999 SCT014 29/21 Q1011 NOSIG

relevant NOTAMs:
A0137/12 - INTERFERANCE ON THE SIGNAL OF LOCALIZER RWY22 FREQ.109.30MHZ X PILOTS TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE IN USE X. 11 MAY 10:00 2012 UNTIL 11 AUG 10:00 2012 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 11 MAY 11:20 2012

A0136/12 - INSTALLATION WORK ON APPROACH LIGHTING SYSTEM AT THE END OF RWY 22 X PILOTS TO ADHERE STRICTLY TO ATC INSTRUCTIONS X. 11 MAY 10:00 2012 UNTIL 11 AUG 10:00 2012 ESTIMATED. CREATED: 11 MAY 11:19 2012

A0097/12 - RUNWAY 04/22 CLOSED. 10TH APRIL -30TH JUNE , 2012 BTW 2200-0400 UTC DAILY, 10 APR 22:00 2012 UNTIL 30 JUN 04:00 2012. CREATED: 10 APR 13:58 2012

A0092/12 - APPROACH RWY 22 CLOSED X. 10 APR 00:01 2012 UNTIL 30 JUN 23:59 2012. CREATED: 30 MAR 19:22 2012

A0091/12 - RWY 04 AVAILABLE DISTANCES: TODA 3000M, TORA 3000M, ASDA 3000M, LDA 3000M, AND RESA 300M X
CAUTION:
1. DISTANCE FROM THRESHOLD RWY 04 TO THE HIGH SPEED EXIT LINK (LINK 3) IS 2,286M X BEYOND THIS POINT 180 DEG BACK TRACK WILL BE NECESSITATE X
2. MEN AND EQUIPMENT ON THE RWY X CLOSED RWY PORTION AND APPROACH LIGHTING RWY 22 UNLIT X PILOTS TO EXERCISE CAUTION WHILE LANDING AND TAKING OFF X. 10 APR 00:01 2012 UNTIL 30 JUN 23:59 2012 ESTIMATED.
CREATED: 30 MAR 19:21 2012