A320, Paris Orly France, 2013

A320, Paris Orly France, 2013

Summary

On 12 March 2013, a Tunis Air Airbus A320 landed on runway 08 at Paris Orly and, having slowed to just over 40 knots, were expecting, despite the covering of dry snow and some slush pre-notified and found on the runway, to vacate it without difficulty at the mid point. ATC then requested that the aircraft roll to the end of the runway before clearing. However, after a slight increase in speed, the crew were unable to subsequently slow the aircraft as the runway end approached and it overran at a low groundspeed before coming to a stop 4 seconds later.

Description

On 12 March 2013, an Airbus A320 (TS-IMC) being operated by Tunisair on a scheduled passenger flight from Djerba to Paris Orly landed normally on runway 08 at destination in day Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) but was unable to clear the runway after encountering a deterioration from the braking effectiveness encountered earlier on the snow and slush-covered surface. An overrun at taxi speed occurred and the aircraft came to a stop with the NLG off the runway but the MLG still on it. Passengers were disembarked to ground transport using steps positioned at the left hand rear door.

The aircraft positioned partly off the runway after the overrun showing the depth of contaminant on the runway at its end. Reproduced from the Official Report

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the French BEA.

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