ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 202755
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| Date: | Monday 4 December 2017 |
| Time: | 20:25 LT |
| Type: |  Airbus A380-861 |
| Owner/operator: | Emirates |
| Registration: | A6-EEU |
| MSN: | 147 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2013 |
| Engine model: | Engine Alliance GP 7270 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Dubai Airport (DXB/OMDB) |
| New York-John F. Kennedy International Airport, NY (JFK/KJFK) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information is only available from news, social media or unofficial sources |
Emirates flight EK207, an Airbus A380-861, descended too low during a visual approach to runway 13L at New York-JFK International Airport.
The aircraft departed Dubai, UAE with destination New York-JFK, USA. After a flight of almost 14 hours, the aircraft was approaching JFK Airport about 20:25 hours local time. The aircraft followed the 'Parkway Visual Runway 13L/R' Approach procedure, also known as the Canarsie approach.
This approach procedure calls for pass Rockaway Point at or above 1500 feet and continue east of the Shore Parkway, crossing the closed Brooklyn Coast Guard Air Station at or above 1500 feet. For runway 13L, aircraft have to track 041° and can only continue descent after passing the Twin Stacks (a group of 218 ft high buildings). From there the aircraft has to turn right to line up with runway 13L.
EK207, however, continued descent after crossing the Coast Guard Station. The JFK Tower controller received a low altitude alert and reported this to the flight, stating the altimeter pressure to be 3043. This was read back correctly by the crew. About ten seconds later the Tower controller radioed: "Emirates Five Kilo Papa you appear to be very low on the approach, do you have the runway in sight?" Twenty seconds later, the flight crew radioed they were executing a missed approach. The flight received vectors for the missed approach and continued for an approach and landing on runway 22L at 20:37 hours.
Weather about the time of the incident (20:25 LT, 4 Dec./ 01:25Z, 5 Dec.):
KJFK 050051Z 14011KT 10SM OVC035 09/04 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP303 T00940044
KJFK 050151Z 15010KT 10SM BKN037 BKN250 09/04 A3043 RMK AO2 SLP302 T00940044
Another Emirates A380 had been involved in a similar incident while on approach to Moscow-Domodedovo Airport, on September 10, 2017 when the aircraft descended to 400 ft, approximately 7.5 Nm inbound.
Sources:
https://www.flightradar24.com/data/flights/ek207#fba99be
https://flightaware.com/live/flight/A6EEU/history/20171204/1100Z/OMDB/KJFK/tracklog
[LINK NOT WORKING ANYMORE:http://archive-server.liveatc.net/kjfk/KJFK-Gnd-Twr-Dec-05-2017-0100Z.mp3]
https://flightaware.com/resources/airport/JFK/IAP/PARKWAY+VISUAL+RWY+13L_R/pdf
10 Sept. 2017 incident at Moscow
Images:
Parkway Visual Runway 13L/R Approach procedure
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Dec-2017 14:21 | harro | Added |
| 10-Dec-2017 14:29 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 10-Dec-2017 15:01 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative] |
| 12-Dec-2017 21:14 | Captain Adam | Updated [Country] |
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