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| Date: | Saturday 26 February 2011 |
| Time: | 22:49 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A330-203 |
| Owner/operator: | Eva Air |
| Registration: | B-16303 |
| MSN: | 555 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2003 |
| Engine model: | GE CF6-80E1A3 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 145 |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | Minor, repaired |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Taipei Taoyuan International Airport (TPE/RCTP) -
 Taiwan
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Hangzhou Jianqiao Airport (HGH/ZSHC) |
| Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE/RCTP) | |
| Investigating agency: | ASC |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Eva Air flight BR757, a Airbus A330-203, from Hangzhou to Taipei, briefly veered off the runway edge with the left hand main gear and damaged a runway edge light while landing at Taipei's International Airport. No injuries occurred, the airplane received very minor damage.
Findings Related to Probable Causes
1. The flight crew might loss of visual reference temporarily during approach and flare due to encounter low-level clouds and local fog, which induced the aircraft drift to the left and touched down at the left of the runway centerline. That leaded the aircraft veered off the runway during landing roll even the flight crew tried to correct the situation.
2. The flight crew did not well prepared with the weather condition change at the landing phase.
3. The threat of the weather change was known by the flight crew, but they did not make the go around decision while they found the visual reference was not sufficient at the decision height during final approach.
Findings Related to Risk
1. The low-level clouds and local fog were the operational risk for the aircraft approach and landing.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
ASC Taiwan
https://www.ttsb.gov.tw/media/3160/br757_executive-summary.pdf
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 15-Jan-2025 07:02 | Justanormalperson | Added |
| 15-Jan-2025 07:09 | ASN | Updated [Time, Total occupants, Source, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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