An unstabilized approach is an approach during which an aircraft does not maintain at least one of the following variables :
or receive a landing clearance by a certain altitude.
Unstabilized approaches account for most approach and landing accidents. For this reason, an approach should be stabilized by 1,000 feet (305 m) above runway altitude. Otherwise, a go-around should be executed by the pilot.
Air India Express flight IX812 was a scheduled Quick Turn Around (QTA) daily flight , on sector Mangalore-Dubai-Mangalore. On 21st / 22nd May 2010, a similar flight was operated by the same cockpit crew , along with 4 Cabin crew. As per the schedule, the crew had been...
The aircraft was operating as British Airways flight BA888 (British Airways Overseas Division - BAOD) scheduled passenger service BA888 from London to Melbourne via Bahrain, Bangkok and Kuala Lumpur. The flight crew, consisting of the commander, co-pilot and flight...
On 1 November 2007, a Boeing Company B737-200 aircraft, registered PK-RIL, operated by Mandala Airlines flight MDL260 , was on a scheduled passenger flight from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Jakarta, to Abdurrachman Saleh Airport, Malang, East Java....
Kingfisher Airlines flight IT4124 , an ATR-72-212 aircraft VT-KAC was schedule to operate flight IT4123 Mumbai-Bhavnagar and IT-4124 (Bhavnagar –Mumbai) on 10.11.2010. Prior to operating the flight IT-4123 both the crew underwent the pre-flight medical examination and...
Ryanair flight FR058 departed London Stansted , the aircraft climbed to its allotted cruising level, with the Captain as the Pilot Flying (PF) and the First Officer as the Pilot Not Flying (PNF). This was the PF’s last day of duty for the Operator. He would be...
On 22 July 2011, a Boeing 737-300 aircraft registered PK-GGO was being operated by Garuda Indonesia flight GA292 , from Soekarno - Hatta International Airport (WIII) Jakarta to Abdul Rahman Saleh Airport (WARA) Malang. The flight crew member was three pilots which...
On August 14, 2013, about 0447 central daylight time (CDT), UPS flight UP1354 , an Airbus A300-600, N155UP, crashed short of runway 18 during a localizer non precision approach to runway 18 at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport (BHM), Birmingham, Alabama....
Regional CAE flight YS310 was an Embraer ERJ 145 that took off from Paris Charles de Gaulle bound for Ljubljana with two members of flight crew, one member of cabin crew and 49 passengers. The flight progressed without incident until the descent. The crew was under...
Air France flight AF2184 was operated with an Airbus A319 between Paris Charles de Gaulle and Tunis Carthage. The briefing was carried out at 5 h 00, takeoff took place at 6 h 53 min. The Captain was Pilot Flying (PF). In cruise at FL 350, the PF prepared an arrival...
The crew took off from Ajaccio bound for Lyons Saint-Exupéry. The flight was chartered by Air Méditerranée and performed by Hermes Airlines. The Captain was the instructor (PNF) and was sitting in the right-hand-side seat. The student /pilot in-command was PF in the...
Enerjet flight ENJ401 was operated with a Boeing B737-700 (registration C-GDEJ, serial number 32427) from Fort St. John to Fort Nelson, British Columbia. At 1117 Mountain Standard Time, during the landing rollout on Runway 03, Enerjet flight ENJ401 overran the runway...
On July 26, 2002, about 0537 eastern daylight time, Federal Express flight FX1478, a Boeing 727-232F (727), N497FE, struck trees on short final approach and crashed short of runway 9 at the Tallahassee Regional Airport (TLH), Tallahassee, Florida. Federal Express...
Continental Airlines flight CO1943 : airplane was landing on runway 27 at the Houston Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Houston, Texas on Feb 26th, 1996. The airplane slid 6,850 feet before coming to rest in the grass about 140 feet left of the runway centerline. The...
Cirrus Aviation flight C91567 was a Do 328-100 that had taken off from Berlin-Tempelhof to a scheduled service to Mannheim City. Three crew members and 24 passengers were aboard the airplane. The co-pilot was the Pilot Flying (PF) during this flight. After an...
On 13 April 2013, a Boeing 737-800 aircraft registered PK-LKS was being operated by PT Lion Mentari Airlines (Lion Air) on a scheduled passenger flight as LNI 904. The aircraft departed from Husein Sastranegara International Airport (WICC) Bandung at 0545 UTC to...
Flybe Finland flight FCM992T was flown on 19 August 2012 from Tampere-Pirkkala airport to Helsinki-Vantaa airport where the flight landed at 3:42 UTC. Prior to the flight the aircrew stayed overnight at Tampere. The ATR 72-212A aircraft involved in the serious...
Trans States Airlines flight LOF3363 was doing business as United Express Flight 3363 : At 1529 Eastern Daylight Time, an Embraer EMB-145LR (registration N840HK, serial number 145341) operated by Trans States Airlines LLC as United Express Flight 3363 from Chicago...
Bradley First Air flight FAB6560 , Boeing 737-210C combi 2 aircraft departed Yellowknife (CYZF), Northwest Territories, at 1440 as First Air flight 6560 (FAB6560) on a charter flight to Resolute Bay (CYRB), Nunavut, with 11 passengers, 4 crew members, and freight on...
Turkish Airlines flight TK1951 was a Boeing 737-800 (flight TK1951) operated by Turkish Airlines , flying from Istanbul Atatürk Airport in Turkey to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport, on 25 February 2009. As this was a ‘Line Flight Under Supervision’, there were three crew...
Empire Airlines flight EM8284 : on January 27, 2009, about 0437 central standard time, an Avions de Transport Régional Aerospatiale Alenia ATR 42-320, N902FX, operating as Empire Airlines flight 8284, was on an instrument approach when it crashed short of the runway...
Air Europa flight UX196 departed from Glasgow at 03:15 for Lanzarote with 74 passengers onboard. The flight was scheduled to last 4 hours and 19 minutes. The copilot (FO) was the pilot flying (PF). The climb and cruise flight phases at Flight Level (FL) 390 transpired...
Brit Air flight AF5672 was on an ILS approach to runway 26 Left at Brest Guipavas aerodrome : the aeroplane deviated progressively to the left of the normal runway approach track. It passed above and then below the glide path and descended until it touched the ground...
Northern Executive Aviation flight NEX4B , a Learjet 35A registered G-MURI took off from Manchester UK on 2 May 2000 at 9 h 35, for a positioning flight to Farnborough. The flight took forty minutes. At 11 h 22, it left Farnborough bound for Nice as flight number...
Soutwesth Airlines flight WN1455 : on March 5, 2000, about 1811 Pacific standard time (PST), Southwest Airlines Inc., flight WN1455, a Boeing 737-300 (737), N668SW, overran the departure end of runway 08 after landing at Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport (BUR),...
On 23 September 1999, at about 2247 local time, a Qantas Boeing 747-438 aircraft registered VH-OJH (callsign Qantas One) overran runway 21 Left (21L) while landing at Bangkok International Airport, Thailand. The overrun occurred after the aircraft landed long and...
Martinair Holland flight MP495 crashed on 21 December, 1992, a DC-IO-30F aircraft registration PH-MBN, with 327 Passengers and 13 Crewmembers on Board while executing an approach to Runway 11 at Faro Airport, for a landing. An active Thunderstorm Formation was...
An aviation accident is an incident in which an aircraft is damaged or destroyed as a result of a collision, fire, structural failure, or other event. Aviation accidents can be caused by a variety of factors, including mechanical failure, pilot error, adverse weather conditions, and sabotage. Aviation accidents can result in fatalities, injuries, and damage to property.
An aviation incident is an occurrence, other than an accident, that affects or could affect the safety of aircraft operations. Examples of aviation incidents include near collisions, runway incursions, and unruly passenger incidents.
A serious incident in aviation refers to an event that could have resulted in an accident or that had the potential to cause serious injury or death. Some examples of serious incidents in aviation include engine failure, in-flight fires, and loss of control of the aircraft.