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| Date: | Friday 8 September 2023 |
| Time: | 19:35 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ-145LR |
| Owner/operator: | United Nigeria Airlines |
| Registration: | 5N-BWY |
| MSN: | 145622 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2002 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 43541 hours |
| Cycles: | 35837 flights |
| Engine model: | AE3007AIP |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 50 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM) -
 Nigeria
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Owerri-Sam Mbakwe International Airport (QOW/DNIM) |
| Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS/DNMM) | |
| Investigating agency: | AIB Nigeria |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
United Nigeria Airlines flight NUA513, an Embraer ERJ-145LR, overran runway 18L after landing at at Lagos-Murtala Muhammed International Airport (LOS).
The aircraft operated a flight from Owerri Airport with the captain as Pilot Flying (PF).
According to the crew, "on approach LOS, on the weather radar, the system was approaching LOS, but ATIS did not change". The pilot stated, "I reckoned the weather system was high cumulonimbus and LOS was clear". On contact Lagos Control, the aircraft was cleared for an ILS approach to runway 18L. There was moderate to heavy rain during approach and landing. The pilot stated that "although we were visual to the runway at about 300 ft AGL (100 ft above decision altitude), we continued the approach."
At about 19:32, landing clearance was issued to NUA513. The pilot of preceding landing traffic (APK7183) informed NUA513 she experienced a tail wind of about 9 knots and the rain was heavy, NUA513 acknowledged.
The reported weather; visibility of 5 km in light rain and thunderstorm.
At about 19:33, NUA513 was observed by ATC to have touched down at the middle of runway 18L. According to the crew, there was water on the runway surface, "the aircraft started skidding to the right and tried to keep on the runway, tried to stop the airplane but unable to, until we overran the runway at the end of the runway". The aircraft kept skidding and eventually stopped on the grass.
METAR:
Weather reported at 17:00 Z (18:00 LT):
DNMM 081700Z 24009KT 9999 SCT012 FEW020CB 28/25 Q1012 NOSIG
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://businessday.ng/news/article/united-nigeria-airlines-aircraft-skids-off-runway-at-lagos-airport-2/
https://dailytrust.com/panic-as-aircraft-overshoots-runway-at-lagos-airport/
https://twitter.com/nsib_nigeria/status/1700412032732811434
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep-2023 09:04 | gerard57 | Added |
| 09-Sep-2023 16:25 | Sir olf | Updated |
| 09-Sep-2023 16:26 | harro | Updated |
| 21-May-2024 07:26 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Damage, Narrative, Accident report] |
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