(French) Incident Report: A319, Unstabilised approach, GPWS warnings, go-around, Tunis, 24 Mar 2012

(French) Incident Report: A319, Unstabilised approach, GPWS warnings, go-around, Tunis, 24 Mar 2012

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Author
BEA (France)
Category
Accident Reports Human Factors Loss of Control

On 24 March 2012, an Air France Airbus A319 Captain continued descent towards destination Tunis at high speed with the landing runway in sight well beyond the point where a stabilised approach was possible. With 5nm to go, airspeed was over 100 KIAS above the applicable VApp and the aircraft was descending at over 4000fpm with flaps zero. EGPWS activations for Sink Rate, PULL UP and Too Low Terrain apparently went unnoticed but at 400 feet agl, ATC granted a crew request for a 360° turn. The subsequent approach/landing was without further event. Investigation attributed the event to “sloppy CRM.

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