Garuda B738 at Yogyakarta on Feb 1st 2017, runway excursion on landing
Last Update: May 9, 2017 / 13:58:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Garuda Indonesia
Flight number
GA-258
Departure
Jakarta, Indonesia
Destination
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Aircraft Registration
PK-GNK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airport reported flight GA-258, Tail PK-GNK, overran the end of the runway 09 while landing in heavy rain, there were no injuries. The occupants have been evacuated from the aircraft. There were 119 passengers plus 4 lap children and 5 crew on board.
The aerodrome was closed for about 20 hours as result of the occurrence.
On May 9th 2017 Indonesia's NTSC, also known as KNKT, released their preliminary report reporting the captain (28, ATPL, 6,182 hours total, 4,482 hours on type) was pilot flying, the first officer (23, CPL, 2,217 hours total, 248 hours on type) was pilot monitoring. The crew performed an ILS approach to runway 09, touched down slightly to the right of the center line. When approaching taxiway N2 with reverse thrust applied the aircraft began to veer left and came to a stop on the left shoulder of the runway about 1600 meters/5250 feet down the runway and 20 meters/65 feet from the left runway egde.
Tower activated the crash bell and informed emergency services that an aircraft had veered off the runway 09 and stopped near taxiway N2.
Crew inquired with tower whether there was any fire, the crew of another aircraft being pushed back at the time as well as tower advised that there was no fire.
The NTSC reported: "Passenger evacuation completed at approximately 50 minutes after the aircraft stopped." There were no injuries.
The NTSC found that there had been light rain and the runway was wet. Prior to touch down and landing roll the flight data recorder showed variation of wind speeds and directions, after touchdown the activation of the thrust reversers, asymmetric brakes pressures and rudder deflection.
The ILS runway 09 was functioning properly.
The last runway friction check had been conducted on Feb 3rd 2016 and the last rubber deposit cleaning was done on Oct 5th to 7th 2016. According to circular advisories the friction check should be performed monthly and the rubber deposit cleaning every 4 months.
The NTSC reported weather reports were provided by Indonesia's Air Force and read at 12:30Z: winds from 200 degrees at 4 knots, visibility 1000 meters (runway 27)/2000 meters (runway 09), medium rain, broken cloud 1400 feet, temperature 24 degrees C, dew point 24 degrees C, QNH 1010 hPa, at 12:51Z: winds from 250 degrees at 5-8 knots, visibility 1000 meters (runway 27)/2000 meters (runway 09), light rain, broken cloud 1400 feet, temperature 24 degrees C, dew point 24 degrees C, QNH 1010 hPa and at 13:00Z: winds from 270 degrees at 6 knots, visibility 1000 meters (runway 27)/1000 meters (runway 09), medium rain, broken cloud 1400 feet, temperature 25 degrees C, dew point 25 degrees C, QNH 1010 hPa.
Related NOTAM:
B0749/17 - RWY 09/27 CLSD DUE TO BLOCKED BY ACFT. 01 FEB 15:16 2017 UNTIL 01 FEB 23:00 2017. CREATED: 01 FEB 15:17 2017
Metars (only reading available):
WAHH 011500Z 27002KT 5000 RA BKN014 24/23 Q1010=
The local weather station reported winds as calm starting 16:00L, visibility 8km (16:00L, 19:00L) and 6km (22:00L), temperature 25 degrees C (at 22:00L 24 degrees C), dew point 23 degrees C at 16:00L, 24 degrees C at 19:00L and 22:00L, light rain at 16:00L and 22:00L, overcast cloud at 19:00L.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 1, 2017
Classification
Incident
Cause
Runway excursion
Airline
Garuda Indonesia
Flight number
GA-258
Departure
Jakarta, Indonesia
Destination
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
Aircraft Registration
PK-GNK
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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