BE20, vicinity Glasgow UK, 2012

BE20, vicinity Glasgow UK, 2012

Summary

On 15 September 2012, the crew of a Beech Super King Air on a medevac flight making an ILS approach to runway 23 at Glasgow became temporarily distracted by the consequences of a mis-selection made in an unfamiliar variant of their aircraft type and a rapid descent of more than 1000 feet below the 3500 feet cleared altitude towards terrain in IMC at night followed. An EGPWS "PULL UP" Warning and ATC MSAW activation resulted before the aircraft was recovered back to 3500 feet and the remainder of the flight was uneventful.

Description

On 15 September 2012, a Beech B200 Super King Air on a medical transfer flight from Wick to Glasgow was observed by ATC to make a rapid descent below the cleared altitude of 3500 feet in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) at night after becoming established on the Instrument Landing System (ILS) LOC at destination. Recognition by the crew of the unintended descent towards terrain was followed by an Terrain Avoidance and Warning System (TAWS) ‘TERRAIN TERRAIN PULL UP’ Warning and an alert from ATC who also noted a consequential Minimum Safe Altitude Warning (MSAW) activation.

Investigation

An Investigation was carried out by the UK AAIB assisted by access to radar and R/T recordings.

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