Boeing 737 incident near Katowice, Pl, March 12, 2013
On March 12, 2013 at about 6:34 pm local time, a Boeing 737, registered OKTVP, was involved in an incident near Katowice. It was flown under foreign airline rules (Part 129). No one was hurt; 185 people were on board or involved.
The NTSB's probable cause their words, unchanged
The NTSB has not yet published a probable cause for this incident. Investigations usually take one to two years; this page updates when the final report is released.
Source: NTSB aviation accident database, copy made October 5, 2026. Docket and reports at the NTSB.
What the record shows
- Date
- March 12, 2013 · about 6:34 pm local time
- Place
- Katowice, Poland
- Type
- Incident
- Injuries
- No one was hurt; 185 people were on board or involved.
- Weather
- not recorded
- Aircraft
- Boeing 737 8K5 · all 737s on the register
- Registration
- OKTVP · no longer on the register
- Damage
- Not recorded
- Flight
- Flight · foreign airline rules (Part 129)
The NTSB's narrative preliminary · quoted from the NTSB record
On 12 March 2013, at approximately 1834 UTC time, a Boeing 737-800, registration OK-TVP, operated by Travel Service Polska between Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt and Katowice, Poland, overran the end of runway 27 after landing. The airplane came to rest with the nose gear and RH main landing gear off of the concrete surface, with the LH main landing gear remaining on the concrete surface. The airplane was not damaged and there were no injuries. The incident is being investigated by the State Commission on Aircraft Accident Investigation of Poland (SCAAI). The NTSB has appointed an Accredited Representative to assist the investigation under the provisions of ICAO Annex 13 as the State of Design and Manufacture of the aircraft. All inquiries should be directed to the SCAAI at: State Commission on Aircraft Accident Investigation, 00-928 Warsaw, POLAND; office phone: +48 22 630 11 31 fax:+48 22 630 11 43 website: www.transport.gov.pl
The complete narrative as the NTSB published it. The NTSB's docket holds the report as a PDF and any photographs, statements and other documents from the investigation.
The factual record from the NTSB's investigation tables, in plain English
The aircraft
- Landing gear: fixed
Weather at the time
- Temperature: 0°F (-18°C), dew point 0°F (-18°C)
Injuries
| Fatal | Serious | Minor | None | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cabi | 4 | |||
| Flight crew | 2 | |||
| Passengers | 179 |
Documents from the investigation the NTSB's docket: the evidence folder behind the report
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Other NTSB records under OKTVP the same tail number, which may have belonged to a different aircraft at the time
Everything on this page comes from the NTSB's public records. The narrative, probable cause and findings are the NTSB's own words; the coded tables behind the report are written out in plain English, with pilots' ages, home towns and medical details left out. The documents and photographs are the NTSB's docket, shown as the NTSB released them. This site's own text never names anyone involved. A preliminary report can change; the final report usually follows one to two years later, and the page is refreshed when it does.