THY A321 at Tbilisi on May 5th 2016, hard landing

Last Update: May 5, 2016 / 20:18:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 5, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-378

Destination
Tbilisi, Georgia

Aircraft Registration
TC-JRG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport ICAO Code
UGTB

A THY Turkish Airlines Airbus A321-200, registration TC-JRG performing flight TK-378 (dep May 4th) from Istanbul (Turkey) to Tbilisi (Georgia) with 156 passengers, landed on Tbilisi's runway 31L at 00:50L (20:50Z May 4th) but touched down hard. The aircraft rolled out without further incident and taxied to the apron. The damage is being assessed.

The aircraft was unable to depart for the return flight TK-379, the flight needed to be cancelled.

The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Tbilisi about 24 hours after landing.

Metars:
UGTB 042230Z 31023KT 9999 -SHRA SCT050CB OVC067 13/10 Q1009 R31L/290064 NOSIG
UGTB 042200Z 29016KT 9999 BKN050CB 13/10 Q1009 R31L/290064 TEMPO TSRA
UGTB 042130Z 29013KT 9999 BKN050CB 13/10 Q1009 R31L/290064 TEMPO TSRA
UGTB 042100Z 32008KT 9999 BKN050CB 12/10 Q1009 R31L/290064 TEMPO TSRA
UGTB 042030Z 29010KT 9999 -SHRA BKN069CB 14/10 Q1010 R31L/19//72 TEMPO TSRA
UGTB 042000Z 30012KT 9999 SCT050CB 14/09 Q1010 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041930Z 30014KT 9999 SCT044CB 14/09 Q1010 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041900Z 31013KT 9999 SCT050CB 14/09 Q1010 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041830Z 32016KT 9999 SCT050CB 15/09 Q1009 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041800Z 31016KT 9999 BKN050CB 15/08 Q1009 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041730Z 31017KT 9999 BKN050CB 15/08 Q1009 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041700Z 32017KT 9999 BKN050CB 15/09 Q1009 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041630Z 32018KT 9999 BKN050CB 16/09 Q1009 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
UGTB 041600Z 32021KT 9999 SCT054CB 16/09 Q1009 R31L/19//72 NOSIG
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 5, 2016

Classification
Incident

Flight number
TK-378

Destination
Tbilisi, Georgia

Aircraft Registration
TC-JRG

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

Airport ICAO Code
UGTB

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