On 19 July 2017, an Airbus A319 crew ignored the prescribed non-precision approach procedure for which they were cleared at Rio de Janeiro Galeão in favour of an unstabilised “dive and drive” technique in which descent was then continued for almost 200 feet below the applicable MDA and led to an EGPWS terrain proximity warning as a go around was finally commenced in IMC with a minimum recorded terrain clearance of 162 feet. The Investigation noted the comprehensive fight crew non-compliance with a series of applicable SOPs and an operational context which was conducive to this although not explicitly causal.
Description
On 19 July 2017, an Airbus A319 (PR-AVC) being operated by Avianca Brazil on a scheduled domestic passenger flight from São Paulo Congonhas to Rio de Janeiro Galeão as Oceanair 6284 continued its non precision and unstabilised approach below MDA in day IMC without the required visual reference and after continued failure to achieve it did not initiate a go-around until it was 162 feet agl at which point an EGPWS Warning of terrain proximity was ignored in favour of a normal go around procedure. A second approach to a different runway was without further event and the 124 occupants were uninjured and the aircraft was undamaged.
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