# Incident 20230505011589I: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212, Memphis, TN, May 5, 2023

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: May 5, 2023, 08:58 local time
- Place: Memphis, TN
- Airport: Memphis International
- Damage: No damage
- Phase of flight: Landing: Rollout
- Operating rules: Air carrier (Part 121)
- Operator: MTNA
- Location: 35.1495° N, 90.0490° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs: center of Memphis, TN, within about 10 miles (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=35.1495&lon=-90.0490&mi=10
- Aircraft: N820FX, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N820FX) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Aerospatiale ATR 72-212 (registry code 8680945, https://openairdocs.org/model/aerospatiale-atr-72-212) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Pratt & Whitney 127 (registry code 52132, https://openairdocs.org/engine/pratt-whitney-127) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: AEROSPATIALE ATR 72-212
- Reported engine: P & W 127
- People aboard: 2
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 0
- Pilot certificates: Airline transport
- Pilot flight hours: 2,528 total, 1,491 in this make and model, 123 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20230505011589I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

A BRIEF RECAP OF THE FLIGHT INDICATES A NORMAL STABILIZED VFR APPROACH TO RWY 36R, BACKED UP ELECTRONICALLY BY THE CREW WITH ILS INFORMATION FOR RWY 36R. THE WEATHER AT THE FIELD AT THE TIME OF LANDING WAS REPORTED AS: KMEM 051354Z 12008KT 10SM BKN050 OVC100 16/11 A3002 RMK AO2 SLP164 T01610106, INDICATING A SLIGHT CROSS TO QUARTERLY TAILWIND FROM THE RIGHT OF THE FLIGHTPATH.

RUNWAY CONDITIONS WERE DRY, AND THE AIRCRAFT LANDED ON OR VERY NEAR THE CENTERLINE OF THE RUNWAY AT AN AIRSPEED ESTIMATED AT 90 KTS. FOLLOWING TOUCHDOWN WHILE SLOWING TO APPROXIMATELY 78 KTS, THE AIRCRAFT BEGAN TO VEER TO THE RIGHT OF THE RUNWAY CENTERLINE LEAVING THE SURFACE OF THE RUNWAY AND APRON INTO THE GRASSY AREA. ACCORDING TO PHOTOS TAKEN AT THE SCENE OF THE INCIDENT, ALL THREE MAIN MOUNTS OF THE AIRCRAFT WERE MOMENTARILY IN THE GRASS BEFORE THE CAPTAIN WAS ABLE TO CORRECT THE PATH OF THE AIRCRAFT BACK ON TO THE RUNWAY SURFACE.

ONCE RECOVERED FROM THE EXCURSION AND BACK ON THE RUNWAY, THE AIRPLANE TAXIED TO THE RAMP WITH TOWER INSTRUCTIONS.  FOR THE RECORD, NO PERSON IN THE TOWER FACILITY AT MEM NOTICED THE INCIDENT, AND THE FIRST OFFICER MADE NO MENTION OF THE EXCURSION TO THE TOWER OR GROUND CONTROL UNTIL AFTER SECURING THE AIRCRAFT AND MAKING A CALL TO THE CHIEF PILOT AT MAC. THE CHIEF PILOT IMMEDIATELY INSTRUCTED OCC TO CALL THE TOWER AT MEM AND INFORM THE FACILITY OF THE EXCURSION AND THE POSSIBILITY OF DEBRIS ON THE RUNWAY. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED THAT ONE RUNWAY EDGE LIGHT WAS DAMAGED.

THE AIRCRAFT WAS IMMEDIATELY REMOVED FROM SERVICE AND MAC MAINTENANCE PERSONNEL CONDUCTED A COMPREHENSIVE CHECK OF THE ENTIRE AIRCRAFT FOR DAMAGE, POTENTIAL CONTRIBUTING SYSTEMS FAILURES (BRAKES, TIRES, ANTI-SKID, NOSE WHEEL STEERING), AND FOLLOWED THE TASK CARDS ASSOCIATED WITH A RUNWAY EXCURSION. THERE WAS NO PHYSICAL DAMAGE TO ANY PART OF THE AIRCRAFT, AND NO SYSTEM FAILURES NOTED THAT MIGHT HAVE CAUSED THE AIRCRAFT TO VEER TO THE RIGHT. WITH APPROPRIATE SIGN OFFS, THE AIRCRAFT WAS RETURNED TO SERVICE. POI REVIEWED ALL LOGBOOK ENTRIES.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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