TAM A320 at Ciudad del Este on Mar 21st 2016, temporary runway excursion on landing

Last Update: April 1, 2016 / 15:12:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 21, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
TAM Linhas Aereas

Flight number
JJ-8361

Departure
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil

Destination
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

Aircraft Registration
PR-MBO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport
Guarani International Airport, Ciudad del Este

Airport ICAO Code
SGES

A TAM Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200 on behalf of TAM Airlines, registration PR-MBO performing flight JJ-8361/PZ-707 (dep Mar 20th) from Sao Paulo Guarulhos,SP (Brazil) to Ciudad del Este (Paraguay), landed on Ciudad del Este's Guarani Airport's runway 05 just after midnight, the aircraft veered right off the runway about 405 meters down the runway before the crew managed to steer the aircraft back onto the runway. There were no injuries, the aircraft sustained minor damage.

The French BEA reported based on information from Paraguay's AIB, that the occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Paraguay's AIB. In addition to minor damage to the right main gear and rivets in the area of the cargo hold there were 4 runway edge lights destroyed.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground in Ciudad del Este until Apr 1st 2016, 11 days and 4 hours, then positioned to Sao Paulo as flight JJ-9950 and resumed service afterwards.

Metars:
SGES 210600Z 15007KT 9999 FEW030 23/23 Q1014=
SGES 210500Z 23007KT 9999 SCT030 23/23 Q1014=
SGES 210425Z 27005KT 9999 SCT030 23/23 Q1015 RETSRA=
SGES 210400Z 24006KT 9999 -TSRA BKN015 FEW040CB 23/23 Q1015=
SGES 210300Z 36012G22KT 3000 TSRA OVC015 FEW040CB 23/23 Q1015=
SGES 210240Z 36012G22KT 5000 TSRA BKN020 FEW040CB 23/23 Q1015=
SGES 210200Z 23008KT 9999 TS BKN027 FEW040CB 25/24 Q1013=
SGES 210100Z 26012KT 9999 TS BKN027 FEW040CB 27/26 Q1013=
SGES 210000Z 28015KT 9999 TS BKN027 FEW040CB 27/26 Q1013=
SGES 202300Z 00000KT 9999 TS SCT027 FEW040CB BKN070 28/27 Q1012=
SGES 202200Z 00000KT 9999 SCT027 BKN070 29/26 Q1012=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 21, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
TAM Linhas Aereas

Flight number
JJ-8361

Departure
Sao Paulo Guarulhos, Brazil

Destination
Ciudad del Este, Paraguay

Aircraft Registration
PR-MBO

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

Airport
Guarani International Airport, Ciudad del Este

Airport ICAO Code
SGES

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