Updates week 33, 2004

13 JUL 2004 Learjet 35A N829CA (459)

20 OCT 1989 Ilyushin 76TD CCCP-76466 (0023440153)

PROBABLE CAUSE:

- error by the crew in programming both barometric altimeters using the 736 mm Hg pressure instead of the actual 636 mm Hg causing a descent below MDA;

- failure to use the radio altimeters, which deprived the crew of additional information about their descent below MDA;

- failure of the crew to respond to the recommendation by the flight engineer to climb;

Factors were:

- the fact that it was the instructor captain's first flight into Leninakan and the student pilot's (in the right hand seat) first flight on an Il-76;

- insufficient crew resource management;

- insufficient training of pilots regarding the actions to be taken in case of a GPWS warning

Update: UEP

13 JUL 2002 Antonov 24RV RA-46670 (47309601)

Belly landing, causing substantial damage. Presumably written off.

The accident was caused by the combination of a.o. the following factors:

- the erroneous actions of the flight engineer when trying to lower the landing gear;

- failure of the flight crew to conduct the necessary (final approach) checks;

- the failure by the crew to check and respond to landing gear warning indications;

- the execution of a flight with an incomplete composition of crew, causing additional work load on the flight engineer during the approach (height and speed call outs);

- late commands to go around by the air traffic controller;

- on the Yak-40 the landing gear handle moves to the opposite direction for retraction and lowering compared to the Antonov 24 (the flight mechanic had more, and recent, flight experience on the Yakovev 40 jet);

- the large work load (fatigue) of the crew during the recent six days before the incident.

29 AUG 2002 Antonov 28 RA-28932 (1AJ008-19)

Vostok Aviakompania
2 (2) + 14 (14) = 16(16)
4,8 km SW of Ayan (Russia)
Flight Polina Osipenko - Ayan Approach Domestic Scheduled Passenger
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Flight 359 departed Khabarovsk on a passenger flight to Ayan with an intermediate stop at Polina Osipenko. Weather at the destination was reported fine as the crew decided to takeoff from Polina Osipenko. However, weather quickly worsened. The controllers which were in contact with the flight did not have this information, so the crew were unaware of inclement weather in the Ayan area. After contacting the Ayan approach controller the crew were told that the visibility was 5000 metres but that the fog was closing in rapidly. Important meteorological information (cloud base, visibility, RVR) was not available at that moment and thus not relayed to the crew as they were conducting their initial approach. The Antonov descended at an average vertical rate of descent of about 7 m/s. It reached an altitude of 800 metres at a point were it should have been at 950 metres. The crew then made a premature turn to finals. Starting at an altitude of 660 metres (instead of 950) the aircraft during the turn entered into stratus clouds, passing into the fog with the horizontal visibility approximately 50 m. It descended to 320 metres on completion of the turn, having deviated 2,3 km to the right of the exended runway centreline. Instead of aborting the approach, the captain decided to continue. At a height of 188 metres the aircraft collided with the slope of a mountain with a height of 226,4 m.
The aircraft was attempting it's second approach in fog when it struck a cliff 10 meters below the top at a distance of 4.8km from the runway, ripping off one wing and the undercarriage. The fuselage and the other wing continued for about 100 meters and crashed in the valley 85 meters below.

The accident was caused by a combination of a.o. the following factors:

- failure of the crew to get a current weather report for Ayan (theirs was one hour old) and a current weather report for the alternate airport;

- failure of the crew to keep the established approach pattern and failure to abort the approach after failing to establish visiual contact with the runway below decision height;

- failure by the meteorological observer to issue sequential present weather information;

- absence of radion navigational aids at Ayan;

- absence of interaction between the air traffic controller and meteorological observer at Ayan a times when aircraft are approaching in the adverse weather conditions

NON HULL-LOSS ACCIDENTS & INCIDENTS

Update: New addition to the database

07 AUG 2004 Avro RJ.85 D-AVRO (E.2246)

Lufthansa
0 () + 0 () = 0(56)
Graz-Thalerhof Airport (GRZ) (Austria)
Flight Frankfurt International Airport (FRA) - Graz-Thalerhof Airport (GRZ) Landing International Scheduled Passenger
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Lufthansa City-Line flight 5386 departed Frankfurt for a flight to Graz. With the co-pilot at the controls (PF), the airplane suffered a total failure of primary controls (ailerons and elevators). The captain took over control and decoupled the controls. It appeared that the ailerons and elevator were now working again on his side. After holding near Graz for a while, the captain carried out an emergency landing.

Update: New addition to the database

09 AUG 2004 Avro RJ.100 HB-IXU (E.3276)

Swiss International Air Lines
0 (5) + 0 (51) = 0(56)
41 km NE of Frankfurt (Germany)
Flight Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport (AMS) - Zürich-Kloten Airport (ZRH) En route International Scheduled Passenger
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Swiss Flight 725 departed Amsterdam at 10:01 for a flight to Zürich. Near Frankfurt one of the aircraft's four engines suffered an uncontained failure. One of the engine covers separated, striking another engine. Both engines were shut down and a safe emergency landing was carried out at Frankfurt.

HIJACKINGS

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