ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 179789
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| Date: | Saturday 24 November 2012 |
| Time: | 08:46 UTC |
| Type: |  Boeing 737-6H3 |
| Owner/operator: | Tunisair |
| Registration: | TS-IOL |
| MSN: | 29497/282 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1999 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 130 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG) -
 Switzerland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Tunis-Carthage Airport (TUN/DTTA) |
| Genève-Cointrin Airport (GVA/LSGG) | |
| Investigating agency: | STSB |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Flight TAR700 from Tunis to Geneva made an ILS approach to runway 23. The sky was obscured by fog, with a vertical visibility of 200 ft. Low visibility procedures were in effect at the airport.
The approach was conducted with auto-throttle and both autopilots engaged. At the decision altitude both were disengaged and the aircraft pitched up slightly. The pilots performed a landing at 1290 m from the runway threshold, with a hard touchdown to the left of the runway centerline. The left main gear went off the runway over a distance of 120 m, damaging runway edge lights.
The serious incident went unnoticed for three hours during which debris lamps and bulbs remained on the runway.
Cause
The serious problem is due to a momentary runway excursion at the beginning of the landing roll, following a loss of control caused by spatial disorientation.
Inappropriate use of automatic flight control systems contributed to the occurrence of the serious incident.
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| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
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| 22-Sep-2015 18:53 | harro | Added |
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