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.