AI2014-4 AIRCRAFT SERIOUS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. J A 5 7 A N September 25, 2014 The objective of the investigation conducted by the Japan Transport Safety Board in accordance with the Act for Establishment of the Japan Transport Safety Board (and with Annex 13 to the Convention on International Civil Aviation) is to prevent future accidents and incidents. It is not the purpose of the investigation to apportion blame or liability. Norihiro Goto Chairman, Japan Transport Safety Board Note: This report is a translation of the Japanese original investigation report. The text in Japanese shall prevail in the interpretation of the report. AIRCRAFT SERIOUS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION REPORT OVERRUN ALL NIPPON AIRWAYS CO., LTD. BOEING 737-800, JA57AN EAST END OF THE RUNWAY AT SHONAI AIRPORT, JAPAN AT ABOUT 22:26 JST, DECEMBER 8, 2012 August 22, 2014 Adopted by the Japan Transport Safety Board Chairman: Norihiro Goto Member: Shinsuke Endoh Member: Toshiyuki Ishikawa Member: Sadao Tamura Member: Yuki Shuto Member: Keiji Tanaka SYNOPSIS <Summary of the Serious Incident> On December 8 (Saturday), 2012, a Boeing 737-800, registered JA57AN, operated by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. took off from Tokyo International Airport as a scheduled Flight 899 of the above-mentioned company, and landed at Shonai Airport at around 22:26 Japan Standard Time. The landing ended up a runway overrun and it came to a halt in a grass area. There were a total of 167 people on board, consisting of a PIC, five crew members, and 161 passengers. No one was injured, nor was there any damage to the aircraft. <Probable Causes> In the serious incident, it is highly probable that the overrun occurred as the Aircraft failed to exert the expected braking force under the informed runway conditions after the landing. It is probable that the changed runway conditions due to snowfall and other elements near freezing temperature after the snow/ice measurement negatively affected the expected braking force. The abbreviations used in this report are as follows: AACU: Antiskid/Autobrake Control Unit AC: Advisory Circular AFTN: Aeronautical Fixed Telecommunication Network AOM: Airplane Operations Manual ARC: Aviation Rule Making Committee ATC: Air Traffic Control CAS: Computed Air Speed CMM: Component Maintenance Manual CMV: Converted Meteorological Visibility CVR: Cockpit Voice Recorder DFDR Digital Flight Recorder EPROM: Electrical Programmable Read Only Memory ETA: Estimated Time of Arrival FAA: Federal Aviation Administration FL: Flight Level FMC: Flight Management Computer GS: Ground Speed ICAO: International Civil Aviation Organization LSPS: Low Speed Performance Software MAC: Mean Aerodynamic Chord NOTAM: Notice to Airmen NTSB: National Transportation Safety Board NVM: Non Volatile Memory PAPI: Precision Approach Path Indicator QAR: Quick Access Recorder QRH: Quick Reference Handbook RTO: Rejected Take-Off RVR: Runway Visual Range SNOWTAM: Snow NOTAM TALPA: Take-off and Landing Performance Assessment VOR: VHF Omni-directional radio Range Unit Conversion List 1 nm: 1,852 m 1 atmosphere: 29.92 in Hg: 1,013 hPa 1 psi: 0.06895 bar 1 ft: 0.3048 m 1 kt: 1.852 km/h (0.5144 m/s) 1 in: 2.54 cm CONTENTS Page 1 PROCESS AND PROGRESS OF THE AIRCRAFT SERIOUS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 1 1.1 Summary of the Serious Incident 1 1.2 Outline of the Serious Incident Investigation 1 1.2.1 Investigation Organization 1 1.2.2 Representatives of the Relevant State 1 1.2.3 Implementation of the Investigation 1 1.2.4 Comments from the Parties Relevant to the Cause of the Serious Incident 1 1.2.5 Comments from the Relevant State 1 2 FACTUAL INFORMATION 1 2.1 History of the Flight 1 2.1.1 History of the flight Based on the ATC communications records, and the records of the DFDR and the CVR 2 2.1.2 Statements of Crew Members 5 2.1.3 Statement of the Information Officer 8 2.2 Injuries to Persons 9 2.3 Damage to the Aircraft 9 2.4 Personnel Information 9 2.5 Aircraft Information 9 2.5.1 Aircraft 9 2.5.2 Weight and Balance 9 2.6 Meteorological Information 10 2.6.1 General Conditions Based on Surface Analysis Chart 10 2.6.2 Aeronautical Weather Observations at the Airport 10 2.6.3 Information on the Data Observed by the Radar 11 2.6.4 Observations of Instantaneous Wind Directions and Wind Velocities at the Airport 12 2.6.5 Information on the Snow Ice Conditions at the Airport 13 2.6.6 Statement of the Person in Charge of Snow Removal 15 2.7 Information on DFDR and CVR 16 2.8 Information on the Place of the Occurrence of This Serious Incident 17 2.8.1 Conditions at the Airport 17 2.8.2 Conditions of the Aircraft 18 2.9 Information on Fire and Firefighting 18 2.10 Tests and Research for Fact-Finding 19 2.10.1 The Aircraft Inspection at Shonai Airport 19 2.10.2 Detailed Inspection of the Brake Assemblies 19 2.10.3 Detailed Inspection of the Wheel Assemblies 19 2.10.4 Detailed Inspection of the AACU 20 2.10.5 Estimation of Airplane Braking Coefficient and Landing Stopping Distance 20 2.11 Additional Information 22 - i - 2.11.1 Company’s Regulation on Restrictions on Slippery Runway Takeoff/ Landing 22 2.11.2 Takeoff and Landing Training on Slippery Runway 27 2.11.3 General Description of Antiskid/Autobrake Systems 28 2.11.4 General Description of Thrust Levers 29 2.11.5 Trends in the Improvement of Runway Snow/Ice Condition Assessment 29 3 ANALYSIS 31 3.1 Qualifications of Crew Members 31 3.2 Aircraft Airworthiness Certificate 31 3.3 Relationship with Weather 31 3.3.1 Runway Used by the Aircraft 31 3.3.2 Wind Conditions at the Time of the Landing of the Aircraft 32 3.3.3 Runway Condition 32 3.4 Conditions of the Devices Related to Braking 33 3.5 Landing Roll 33 3.6 Airplane Braking Coefficient and Landing Stopping Distance 35 3.7 Antiskid System 35 3.8 Approach Configuration and Post-Landing Procedure 36 3.9 Response of the Airport Fire-Fighting Team 36 3.10 Crew Training 37 3.11 Trend of Snow/Ice Condition Assessment 37 4 CONCLUSIONS 37 4.1 Summary of Analysis 37 4.2 Probable Causes 39 5 SAFETY ACTIONS 39 Figure 1 Estimated Flight Route Chart 43 Figure 2 DFDR Records 44 Figure 3 Three-Angle View of Boeing 737-800 45 - ii - 1 PROCESS AND PROGRESS OF THE AIRCRAFT SERIOUS INCIDENT INVESTIGATION 1.1 Summary of the Serious Incident On December 8 (Saturday), 2012, a Boeing 737-800, registered JA57AN, operated by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd., took off from Tokyo International Airport as a scheduled Flight 899 of the above-mentioned company, and landed at Shonai Airport at around 22:26 Japan Standard Time (JST: UTC+9 hours, all times are indicated in JST on a 24-hour clock). The landing ended up a runway overrun and it came to a halt in a grass area. There were a total of 167 people on board, consisting of a PIC, five crew members, and 161 passengers. No one was injured, nor was there any damage to the aircraft. 1.2 Outline of the Serious Incident Investigation The occurrence covered by this report falls under the category of “Overrun (limited to when an aircraft is disabled to perform taxiing)” as stipulated in Clause 3, Article 166-4 of the Ordinance for Enforcement of the Civil Aeronautics Act of Japan, and is classified as a serious incident. 1.2.1 Investigation Organization On December 9, 2012, the Japan Transport Safety Board designated an investigator-in-charge and two other investigators to investigate this serious incident. 1.2.2 Representatives of the Relevant State An accredited representative of the United States of America, as the State of design and manufacture of the serious incident aircraft participated in the investigation. 1.2.3 Implementation of the Investigation December 9 and 10, 2012: Interviews, aircraft examination, and on-site investigation December 13: Interviews 1.2.4 Comments from the Parties Relevant to the Cause of the Serious Incident Comments were invited from the parties relevant to the cause of the serious incident. 1.2.5 Comments from the Relevant State Comments on the draft report were invited from the relevant State. 2 FACTUAL INFORMATION 2.1 History of the Flight On, December 8 (Saturday), 2012, a Boeing 737-800, registered JA57AN (hereinafter referred to as “the Aircraft”), operated by All Nippon Airways Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as “the Company”), took off from Tokyo International Airport for Shonai Airport - 1 - (hereinafter referred to as “the Airport”) as a Company’s scheduled Flight 899 at around 20:56. The outline of the flight plan was as follows: Flight rules: Instrument flight rules Departure aerodrome: Tokyo International Airport Estimated off-block time: 20:15 Cruising speed: 437 kt Cruising altitude: FL 270*1 Route: PLUTO (waypoint) — SYE (Sekiyado VOR/DME) — Y11 (via RNAV) — JD (Nikko NDB) — Y115 (via RNAV ) — USUBA (waypoint) — YSE (Shonai VOR/DME) Destination aerodrome: The Airport Alternate airport: Tokyo International Airport Total estimated elapsed time: 45 minutes Fuel load expressed in endurance: 3 hours and 47 minutes In the cockpit of the Aircraft, the Pilot In Command (PIC) was in the left seat as the PF (Pilot Flying: pilot mainly in charge of flying) and the First Officer (FO) sat in the right seat as the PM (Pilot Monitoring: pilot mainly in charge of duties other than flying). The history of the flight up to the time of this serious incident is summarized below, based on the air traffic control (ATC) communications records, the records of the digital flight data recorder (DFDR), and the records of the cockpit voice recorder (CVR), as well as the statements of the crew members and the air traffic services flight information officer (hereinafter referred to as “the Information Officer”): 2.1.1 History of the flight Based on the ATC communications records, and the records of the DFDR and the CVR 2.1.1.1 Approach and Landing 21:19:11: The Company’s Shonai Airport Office (hereinafter referred to as the “Shonai Office”) reported to the Aircraft of the following information: weak radar echoes observed over the area around Shonai are moving northeast; the said echoes covers broad area, and therefore will probably in the area until landing; fine snow is falling, but snow cover is unlikely; the snow/ice conditions are being measured, and the results will be available sometime between 21:25 and 21:30.