# NTSB WPR15WA225: Boeing 737-800, Tamuning, July 5, 2015

- Type: NTSB incident investigation
- Classification: Incident · No injuries · Foreign investigation
- Date: July 5, 2015
- Place: Tamuning
- Coordinates: 13.483888, 144.796951 (estimated)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=13.4839&lon=144.7970&mi=10
- Phase of flight: [Landing](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-phases/550) (OpenAirDocs' grouping)
- Defining event: [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230)
- Highest injury: No injuries
- Injuries: 82 uninjured
- Status: Led by another country's authority
- NTSB office: Western Pacific Region
- Lead agency: Other
- NTSB case key (mKey): 91681
- NTSB case page: https://web.ntsb.gov/investigations/?ntsbnumber=WPR15WA225
- NTSB report (PDF, downloads): https://data.ntsb.gov/carol-repgen/api/Aviation/ReportMain/GenerateNewestReport/91681/pdf
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/WPR15WA225

## Sequence of events

The events NTSB coded, in order, by phase of flight. The defining event best describes what happened.

- [Landing-landing roll: Loss of control on ground](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230) (defining event); cases with it: [All aircraft, 4,585 cases](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb-events/230/sequence.md)

## Factual narrative

On July 5, 2015, about 0210 local time, a Boeing 737-800, HL8224, Korean Airlines Flight 2115, had a runway excursion at A. B. Won Pat Guam International Airport. Tamuning, Guam. Korean Airlines was operating the airplane under the provisions of the Korean Civil Aviation Regulations. The 2 flight crew, 5 cabin crew, and 75 passengers were not injured; the airplane sustained minor damage. The international transport flight departed Busan, Korea. Instrument meteorological conditions prevailed, and an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan had been filed.Preliminary information indicated that following an ILS approach, and after landing on runway 06R in heavy rain conditions, the airplane veered off the R/H side of the runway. The pilot corrected his trajectory, and returned the aircraft to the runway coming to a complete stop. He then asked that the aircraft be towed to the gate. Two runway edge lights, two taxiway lights, and a taxiway sign were damaged beyond repair by the impact with the aircraft. Under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13, the National Transportation Safety Board delegated authority of the incident to the Korean Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB), Republic of Korea. Further information can be obtained from: Aviation and Railway Accident Investigation Board (ARAIB) Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport Republic of Korea Phone +82-44-201-5438 Fax +82-44-201-5698 Web site www.araib.go.kr This report is for information purposes only, and contains only information obtained for, or released by, the Government of the Republic of Korea.

## Aircraft

- Registration: HL8224 (not matched to a registry record)
- Reported make and model: BOEING 737-800
- Category: Airplane
- Damage: Minor damage
- Operator: Korean Airlines
- Registered owner: Korean Airlines
- Airworthiness certificate: Standard, Transport
- Departed: HL82, Busan
- Destination: Barrigada
- Flight plan: IFR

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

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