A320 / B739, Yogyakarta Indonesia, 2013

A320 / B739, Yogyakarta Indonesia, 2013

Summary

On 20 November 2013, an A320 misunderstood its taxi out clearance at Yogyakarta and began to enter the same runway on which a Boeing 737, which had a valid landing clearance but was not on TWR frequency, was about to touch down from an approach in the other direction of use. On seeing the A320, which had stopped with the nose of the aircraft protruding onto the runway, the 737 applied maximum manual braking and stopped just before reaching the A320. The Investigation faulted ATC and airport procedures as well as the A320 crew for contributing to the risk created.

Description

On 20 November 2013, an Airbus AIRBUS A-320 (PK-AXG) being operated by Indonesia AirAsia on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Yogyakarta to Bali as AWQ 8411 partly entered the runway at Yogyakarta in normal ground visibility at the same time as a Boeing 737-900 (PK-LBH) being operated by Batik Air on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta to Yogyakarta as ID 6360 was about to land in the opposite direction of the same runway and was not in contact with TWR. The 737 crew saw the A320 incursion as they touched down on the 2200 metre runway and were able to stop 100 metres before reaching the A320.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee. Data from the A320 FDR was successfully downloaded and available to assist the Investigation.

It was noted that the 60 year old Captain of the A320 with 20,000 flying hours including 500 on the A320 was accompanied by a 25 year old First Officer with 3100 flying hours, almost all on the A320.

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