B733, Birmingham UK, 2012

B733, Birmingham UK, 2012

Summary

On 21 September 2012, an Aurela Boeing 737-300 lost directional control and left the paved surface when attempting to turn off the landing runway at Birmingham expeditiously to avoid the following aircraft having to go around. The Investigation noted that the range of the approaching aircraft - still 2.5nm as the incident aircraft began to clear the runway - had not been communicated and concluded that the speed of the aircraft had been inappropriate for the prevailing wet surface conditions as well as unnecessary to prevent a go around by the following aircraft.

Description

On 21 September 2012, a Boeing 737-300 being operated by Lithuanian operator Air Aurela for Monarch Airlines on a passenger flight from Nice to Birmingham lost directional control and left the paved surface when an attempt was made to turn off wet landing runway 33 expeditiously at the end after missing an earlier exit. The excursion was minor and there were no injuries to the 143 occupants who were subsequently disembarked down external steps brought to the rear right door and transported to the terminal in buses. Damage to the aircraft was minor, being confined to the nose wheel tyres.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the UK AAIB assisted by Flight Data Recorder (FDR) and Cockpit Voice Recorder (CVR) recordings which had both captured the event. It was concluded that the aircraft had been serviceable and so the remainder of the Investigation focused on the surface friction and the actions of the pilots as the landing roll progressed.

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