Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: Mandala Airlines | 04.O.2009.17.1 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that PT. Mandala Airlines should ensure that its documented flight crew training procedures include information about stabilized approaches, particularly, that all flights must be stabilized by 1,000 feet above airport elevation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and by 500 feet above airport elevation in visual meteorological conditions (VMC). (CLOSED) |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: Mandala Airlines | 04.O.2009.17.2 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that PT. Mandala Airlines should also ensure that its documented flight crew training procedures include information about stabilized approach criteria, and that an approach is stabilized when all of the following criteria are met:
The aircraft is on the correct flight path;
- Only small changes in heading/pitch are required to maintain the correct flight path;
- The aircraft speed is not more than VREF + 20 knots indicated airspeed and not less than VREF;
- The aircraft is in the correct landing configuration;
- Sink rate is no greater than 1,000 feet per minute; if an approach requires a sink rate greater than 1,000 feet per minute, a special briefing should be conducted;
- Power setting is appropriate for the aircraft configuration and is not below the minimum power for approach as defined by the aircraft operating manual;
- All briefings and checklists have been conducted;
- Specific types of approaches are stabilized if they also fulfill the following: instrument landing system (ILS) approaches must be flown within one dot of the glideslope an localizer; a Category II or Category III ILS approach must be flown within the expanded localizer band; during a circling approach, wings should be level on final when the aircraft reaches 300 feet above airport elevation; and,
- Unique approach procedures or abnormal conditions requiring a deviation from the above elements of a stabilized approach require a special briefing. (CLOSED) |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: Mandala Airlines | 04.O.2009.17.3 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that PT. Mandala Airlines should ensure that its documented flight crew procedures include information that an approach that becomes unstabilized below 1,000 feet above airport elevation in IMC or below 500 feet above airport elevation in VMC requires an immediate go- around. (CLOSED) |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: Mandala Airlines | 04.O.2009.17.4 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that PT. Mandala Airlines should ensure that all documented flight crew procedures for the management of unstabilized approaches are implemented in the PT. Mandala Airlines flight crew flight training program. (CLOSED) |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: Mandala Airlines | 04.O.2009.17.5 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that PT. Mandala Airlines review the procedures used by their maintenance organization for ensuring that flight recorders meet the relevant manufacturers specifications.
It is further recommended that the annual inspection procedures for flight recorders, including functional checks, should also be reviewed to ensure that all parameters are being recorded in accordance with CASR 121.343 and ICAO Annex 6, Part I. 3. 4., Table D-1. The method of inspection should follow the manufacturer specification. (CLOSED) |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: DGCA Indonesia | 04.R.2009.17.1 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ensure that PT. Mandala Airlines and other Indonesian Part 121 and 135 operators have documented flight crew training procedures that include information about stabilized approaches. In particular the procedures should ensure that all flights must be stabilized by 1,000 feet above airport elevation in instrument meteorological conditions (IMC) and by 500 feet above airport elevation in visual meteorological conditions (VMC). |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: DGCA Indonesia | 04.R.2009.17.2 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that the
Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ensure that PT. Mandala Airlines and other Indonesian Part 121 and 135 operators have documented flight crew training procedures that include information about stabilized approach criteria, and that an approach is stabilized when all of the following criteria are met:
- The aircraft is on the correct flight path;
- Only small changes in heading/pitch are required to maintain the correct flight path;
- The aircraft speed is not more than VREF + 20 knots indicated airspeed and not less than VREF;
- The aircraft is in the correct landing configuration;
- Sink rate is no greater than 1,000 feet per minute; if an approach requires a sink rate greater than 1,000 feet per minute, a special briefing should be conducted;
- Power setting is appropriate for the aircraft configuration and is not below the minimum power for approach as defined by the aircraft operating manual;
- All briefings and checklists have been conducted;
- Specific types of approaches are stabilized if they also fulfil the following: |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: DGCA Indonesia | 04.R.2009.17.3 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ensure that PT. Mandala Airlines and other Indonesian Part 121 and 135 operators have documented flight crew procedures that include information that an approach that becomes unstabilized below 1,000 feet above airport elevation in IMC or below 500 feet above airport elevation in VMC requires an immediate go-around. |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: DGCA Indonesia | 04.R.2009.17.4 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) ensure that PT. Mandala Airlines and other Indonesian Part 121 and 135 operators have documented flight crew procedures for the management of unstabilized approaches that are implemented in the PT. Mandala Airlines flight crew training program. |
Issued: 16-SEP-2009 | To: DGCA Indonesia | 04.R.2009.17.5 |
The National Transportation Safety Committee recommends that the Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) review the quality assurance procedures used by PT. Mandala Airlines and other Indonesian airline maintenance organizations for ensuring that flight recorders meet the relevant manufacturers specifications. It is further recommended that the annual inspection procedures for flight recorders, including functional checks, should also be reviewed to ensure that all parameters are being recorded in accordance with CASR 121.343 and ICAO Annex 6, Part I. 3. 4., Table D-1. The method of inspection should follow the manufacturer specification. |