ANZ B733 at Christchurch on Mar 6th 2015, runway excursion on landing
Last Update: March 16, 2015 / 22:58:56 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 6, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
ANZ Air New Zealand
Flight number
NZ-525
Departure
Auckland, New Zealand
Destination
Christchurch, New Zealand
Aircraft Registration
ZK-NGG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
The airline confirmed the aircraft momentarily lost traction while turning off the runway at low speed and crossed an area of grass for a short time. The aircraft underwent a thorough inspection but did not need any further engineering attention.
A passenger reported it was raining heavily. Touchdown and rollout appeared normal but then the aircraft felt like turning to the right but still going straight.
Ground observers reported the aircraft was attempting to turn off the runway onto taxiway E1 (at the very end of runway 29) at a rather high speed when the nose wheels appeared to skid on the sealed surface of the runway and the aircraft went off onto soft ground.
New Zealands Transport Accident Investigation Commission TAIC have opened an investigation into the occurrence.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 92 hours and returned to service on Mar 10th.
Metars:
NZCH 060100Z AUTO 33014KT 300V010 9999 NCD 21/12 Q0983 NOSIG
NZCH 060030Z AUTO 02009KT 9999 FEW100/// 18/14 Q0982 BECMG 32015G25KT
NZCH 060000Z AUTO 31009KT 280V340 9999 -RA FEW070/// OVC090/// 17/13 Q0983 NOSIG
NZCH 052330Z AUTO 33010KT 290V020 9999 -RA FEW036/// SCT050/// BKN065/// 18/16 Q0985 TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052300Z AUTO 35004KT 310V010 9999 -RA OVC085/// 18/16 Q0983 RERA TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052230Z AUTO 03006KT 360V060 9999 -RA FEW070/// OVC095/// 18/16 Q0982 TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052200Z AUTO 05012KT 9999 -RA FEW048/// OVC100/// 18/17 Q0982 TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052130Z AUTO 04010KT 9000 -RA OVC100/// 18/17 Q0983 TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052100Z AUTO 05014KT 9999 -RA NCD 18/16 Q0983 TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052030Z AUTO 05013KT 9999 -RA FEW047/// 19/16 Q0984 BECMG 04015G30KT TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 052000Z AUTO 05009KT 010V080 9999 -RA NCD 19/14 Q0985 BECMG 04015G30KT TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 051930Z AUTO 35017KT 320V020 9999 -RA NCD 22/10 Q0985 TEMPO 7000 RA
NZCH 051900Z AUTO 02019KT 9999 NCD 22/12 Q0986 TEMPO 7000 RA
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 6, 2015
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
ANZ Air New Zealand
Flight number
NZ-525
Departure
Auckland, New Zealand
Destination
Christchurch, New Zealand
Aircraft Registration
ZK-NGG
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-300
ICAO Type Designator
B733
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