Additional training as regards the operating procedures of the GPWS for RAF-AVIA pilots
Implemented
Aviation L
Accident
18.9.2013
L2012-02/S2
Suosituksen perustelu
RAF-AVIA’s Operations Manual calls for prompt evasive action to be initiated immediately upon receiving a GPWS warning and for immediate corrective action to clear the situation. Nevertheless, the flight crew did not react to the GPWS warnings.
Recommendation
Safety Investigation Authority, Finland recommend that the Latvian Civil Aviation Agency ensure that RAF-AVIA pilots receive additional training as regards the operating procedures of the Ground Proximity Warning System.
Toimenpide-ehdotukset
RAF-AVIA’s Operations Manual calls for prompt evasive action to be initiated immediately upon receiving a GPWS warning and for immediate corrective action to clear the situation. Nevertheless, the flight crew did not react to the GPWS warnings.