ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 191895
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| Date: | Tuesday 6 December 2016 |
| Time: | 23:03 |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-8FE (WL) |
| Owner/operator: | Virgin Australia |
| Registration: | VH-VUI |
| MSN: | 34441/2015 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2006 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Darwin International Airport, NT (YPDN) -
 Australia
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Melbourne International Airport, VIC (MEL/YMML) |
| Darwin Airport, NT (DRW/YPDN) | |
| Investigating agency: | ATSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
On 6 December 2016, with thunderstorm activity in the area, Virgin Australia flight VA1465, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft on a scheduled passenger flight from Melbourne, was on approach to runway 29 at Darwin Airport, Australia. The flight crew established and maintained clear visual reference to the runway and surrounds until they encountered heavy rain shortly before reaching the runway threshold. Under the influence of a light but increasing crosswind, the aircraft drifted right without the flight crew being able to discern the extent of the drift.
The aircraft landed 21 m to the right of the runway centreline and, shortly after touchdown, the right landing gear departed the sealed surface of the runway, destroying six runway lights before the aircraft returned to the runway. The aircraft incurred minor damage from ground debris and there were no injuries.
Contributing factors (ATSB):
- After passing the decision height for the approach, the aircraft drifted under the influence of a slight crosswind and landed 21 m to the right of the runway centreline.
- Due to heavy rain, darkness and limited visual cues, the flight crew did not detect the aircraft’s deviation from the runway centreline prior to landing.
- The absence of centreline lighting and the 60 m width of runway 11/29 at Darwin result in very limited visual cues for maintaining runway alignment during night landings in reduced visibility. [Safety issue]
Weather reported about the incident time (23:03 LT / 13:33Z):
YPDN 061342Z 32011KT 5000 -TSRA FEW010 SCT020 BKN035 FEW020CB 25/24 Q1010 RETS
YPDN 061330Z 29015KT 2000 +TSRA FEW011 BKN020 BKN035 FEW020CB 26/24 Q1010
YPDN 061327Z 29016KT 2000 +TSRA FEW011 BKN020 BKN035 FEW020CB 26/25 Q1010
YPDN 061317Z 23009KT 7000 TSRA FEW018 SCT023 BKN045 FEW023CB 27/25 Q1010
YPDN 061300Z 25007KT 190V310 9999 -TSRA FEW018 SCT023 BKN060 FEW023CB 28/25 Q1009
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
http://www.atsb.gov.au/publications/investigation_reports/2016/aair/ao-2016-166/
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/vh-vui#bd0bc87
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 19 October 2009 | VH-VUI | Virgin Blue Airlines | 0 | Melbourne Airport | |
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Images:
Flight profile based on Flightradar24.com ADS-B data
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 07-Dec-2016 07:42 | Pineapple | Added |
| 07-Dec-2016 07:55 | harro | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 07-Dec-2016 07:57 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 15-May-2019 09:21 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Photo, Accident report, ] |
| 15-May-2019 10:31 | harro | Updated [Location, Departure airport, Destination airport] |
| 07-Jun-2022 11:45 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location] |
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