Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622

2018 aviation accident

Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622
Accident
TC-CPF, the aircraft involved in the accident, seen in May 2013
Date	13 January 2018
Summary	Runway excursion on landing
Site	Trabzon Airport, Trabzon, Turkey 40°59′42″N 39°47′23″E / 40.9951°N 39.7897°E / 40.9951; 39.7897
Aircraft
Aircraft type	Boeing 737-82R
Aircraft name	Zeynep
Operator	Pegasus Airlines
IATA flight No.	PC8622
ICAO flight No.	PGT8622
Call sign	SUNTURK 8622
Registration	TC-CPF
Flight origin	Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, Turkey
Destination	Trabzon Airport, Trabzon, Turkey
Occupants	168
Passengers	162
Crew	6
Fatalities	0
Injuries	0
Survivors	168

Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622 was a domestic flight from Ankara to Trabzon, Turkey. On 13 January 2018, while landing on runway 11 at Trabzon Airport, the aircraft operating the flight ran off the left side of the runway and partially slid down a cliff. While there were no fatalities nor injuries of the 168 passengers and crew, the aircraft was damaged beyond repair and subsequently written off.

Accident

Flight 8622 was a scheduled domestic flight from Esenboğa International Airport, Ankara, to Trabzon Airport. There were 162 passengers and 6 crew on board. The aircraft landed at 23:26 local time (20:26 UTC). After landing, the aircraft veered left, skidded off the runway, and slid down a cliff. The aircraft came to rest in a precarious position along the side of the cliff but did not slip into the sea due to the wet ground that caused the landing gear to be stuck in mud. An emergency evacuation was ordered by the cabin crew. The aircraft sustained considerable damage, with the right engine detaching and falling into the Black Sea. At the time, it was raining with visibility of 4 kilometres (2.5 mi). Following the accident, Trabzon Airport was closed until 08:00 local time (05:00 UTC) on 14 January. The aircraft was removed from the cliff face on 18 January. During the recovery operation, Trabzon Airport was closed, with aircraft being diverted to Ordu–Giresun Airport, Gülyalı. The aircraft was declared a write-off.

Aircraft

The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-82R, with manufacturer serial number 40879, and line number 4267. It had the registration TC-CPF, was named "Zeynep", and was operated by the Turkish low-cost carrier Pegasus Airlines. The aircraft took its first flight on 15 November 2012, before being delivered to Pegasus Airlines on 30 November. It had flown 9 flights on January 13 with no reports of any damage or issues by pilots or ground crew.

Investigation

The governor of Trabzon Province said that an investigation had been opened into the accident. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation is responsible for investigating aviation accidents in Turkey.

One of the pilots claimed that an engine had a power surge, which caused the excursion via asymmetric thrust. As of January 2020, no investigation findings had been published confirming or refuting these claims.

References

^ Hradecky, Simon (13 January 2018). "Accident: Pegasus B738 at Trabzon on Jan 13th 2018, runway excursion". Retrieved 14 January 2018.
"Turkey starts lifting stricken Pegasus plane from cliff". Arab News. 18 January 2018. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
"Kaza sonrasında uçakta neler yaşandı?" [What happened to the plane after the accident?] (in Turkish). Airporthaber. 14 January 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Richter, Jan (13 January 2018). "2018-01-13 Pegasus B737-800 landing accident at Trabzon". JACDEC. Archived from the original on 8 February 2018. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Wert, Jakob (13 January 2018). "BREAKING Pegasus flight #PC8622 overran the runway at Trabzon Airport, Turkey". Airlive. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^ "TC-CPF Accident description". Aviation Safety Network. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Sayfa, Ana. "Trabzon Haberleri: Trabzon'da yolcu uçağı pistten çıktı (3)- yeniden" [Trabzon News: Trabzon passenger plane came out of the runway (3) – again] (in Turkish). Hurriyet. Retrieved 13 January 2018.
^ "Turkey uses two cranes to lift stricken plane from cliff edge". Sky News. Retrieved 18 January 2018.
"Flight History For Aircraft – TC-CPF". flightradar24.com. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
"Passenger plane teeters on cliff edge after skidding off runway in Turkey". Sky News. Retrieved 14 January 2018.
Kesler, Musa (12 January 2020). "Yetkili kuruma 7 kez 'Kaza Kırım Raporu' soruldu, cevap yok!". Hürriyet. Archived from the original on 6 June 2020.

External links

The incident review on AviationFile

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Aviation accidents and incidents in 2018 (2018)

Jan 13 Pegasus Airlines Flight 8622Jan 17 Sapphire Aviation Bell UH-1H Iroquois crashFeb 11 Saratov Airlines Flight 703Feb 13 United Airlines Flight 1175Feb 16 Mexican Air Force Sikorsky UH-60M crashFeb 18 Iran Aseman Airlines Flight 3704Mar 6 Russian Air Force Antonov An-26 crashMar 11 Iran Bombardier Challenger 604 crashMar 11 New York City helicopter crashMar 12 US-Bangla Airlines Flight 211Mar 17 Philippines Piper PA-23 Apache crashApr 11 Algerian Air Force Il-76 crashApr 17 Southwest Airlines Flight 1380May 2 U.S. Air National Guard C-130 crashMay 14 Sichuan Airlines Flight 8633May 18 Cubana de Aviación Flight 972Jun 28 UY Aviation King Air C90 crashJul 10 Pretoria Convair 340 crashJul 28 Air Vanuatu Flight 241Jul 31 Aeroméxico Connect Flight 2431Aug 4 Ju-Air Junkers Ju 52 crashAug 4 K2 Aviation de Havilland Beaver crashAug 10 Horizon Air Q400 incidentAug 16 XiamenAir Flight 8667Sep 1 UTair Flight 579Sep 9 Yirol Let L-410 Turbolet crashSep 28 Air Niugini Flight 73Oct 27 Leicester helicopter crashOct 29 Lion Air Flight 610Nov 7 Sky Lease Cargo Flight 4854Nov 9 Fly Jamaica Airways Flight 256Nov 11 Air Astana Flight 1388Dec 19 Gatwick Airport drone incidentDec 24 Puebla helicopter crash

2017 ◄ ► 2019

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1960s	Scandinavian Airlines System Flight 871 (January 1960) Turkish Airlines Flight 835 (September 1961) Turkish Airlines Taurus Mountains crash (March 1962) Ankara mid-air collision (February 1963)
1970s	Turkish Airlines Adana crash (January 1972) Turkish Airlines Flight 301 (January 1974) Turkish Airlines Flight 345 (January 1975) Turkish Airlines Flight 452 (September 1976) Turkish Airlines Ankara crash (December 1979)
1980s	Turkish Airlines Flight 158 (January 1983) Condor Flugdienst Flight 3782 (January 1988)
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