B733, Tabing Padang Indonesia, 2012

B733, Tabing Padang Indonesia, 2012

Summary

On 13 October 2012, the crew of a Boeing 737-300 destined for the new Padang airport at Minangkabau inadvertently landed their aircraft on runway 34 at the old Padang Airport at Tabing which has a similarly-aligned runway. The Investigation found that the Captain disregarded ILS indications for the correct approach after visually acquiring the similarly aligned runway when the correct runway was not also in sight. Since the chosen runway was some 6 miles ahead of the intended one, a high descent rate achieved through sideslip, followed with this unstable approach, continued to an otherwise uneventful landing.

Description

On 13 October 2012, a Boeing 737-300 (PK-CJT) being operated by Sriwijaya Air on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Medan (Polonia) to Minangkabau, Padang as SJY 021 commenced an ILS approach to runway 33 at destination but then unexpectedly made an approach and landing in day VMC on a nearby and similarly-aligned runway 34 at the old Padang Airport at Tabing. After completing the landing and taxi in to the available parking area, the Captain advised the actual location of his aircraft to ATC at the intended destination and the 96 passengers on board were then disembarked at Tabing.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the Indonesian National Transportation Safety Committee. Data from the FDR were successfully downloaded and available to assist the Investigation but relevant data on the CVR had been overwritten when it was allowed to continue running by the Captain after the landing at Tabing.

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