A333, Medan Indonesia, 2020

A333, Medan Indonesia, 2020

Summary

On 15 September 2020, an Airbus A330-300 touched down at Medan partially off the runway as a result of misjudgement by the right seat handling pilot before regaining it and completing the landing roll. The aircraft and some runway lights were damaged. The handling pilot was an A320/A330 dual-rated Instructor Pilot conducting standardisation training on a new Captain who had not flown for 7½ months having himself not flown from the right seat for six months. The continuing Investigation has recommended that the State Safety Regulator issues guidance in support of its temporary alleviations to pilot recency requirements.

Description

On 15 September 2020, an Airbus A330-300 (PK-LEG) being operated by Lion Air on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta to Medan as LNI208 touched down at destination on runway 23 after a day VMC final approach partly off the edge of the paved surface and in long grass before fully regaining it and completing the landing roll. Two runway edge lights were subsequently found to have been destroyed with corresponding main landing gear tyre damage.

Investigation

The occurrence was rated by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee (NTSC) - the Komite Nasional Keselamatan Transportasi (KNKT) - as a Serious Incident and an Investigation was commenced. Relevant data from both the CVR and the FDR has been successfully downloaded and relevant recorded ATC communications and information on the prevailing weather conditions were also obtained.

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