Volaris A319 at New York on Dec 5th 2017, lined up runway 13R instead 13L on visual Canarsie approach

Last Update: December 6, 2017 / 16:28:12 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 5, 2017

Classification
Incident

Airline
Volaris

Flight number
Y4-880

Departure
Mexico City, Mexico

Destination
New York JFK, United States

Aircraft Registration
XA-VOI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

Airport
John F Kennedy International Airport, New York

Airport ICAO Code
KJFK

A Volaris Airbus A319-100, registration XA-VOI performing flight Y4-880 from Mexico City (Mexico) to New York JFK,NY (USA), was on a visual approach to runway 13L requiring a 90 degrees turn on short final to line up with the runway, and was cleared to land runway 13L, when the crew aligned with the first runway in sight, runway 13R. Tower immediately intervened advising the crew they were lining up for runway 13R and instructed to turn left, the crew advised they were going around from about 300 feet MSL and turned left, tower instructed to go around and turn left. The aircraft climbed back to 2000 feet MSL, positioned for an approach to runway 22L and landed without further incident about 10 minutes after the go around.

On runway 13R tower cleared a Shuttle America Embraer ERJ-170 on behalf of Delta Airlines registration N810MD performing flight DL-4231 from New York JFK,NY to Washington National,DC (USA) for takeoff from runway 13R, when another crew advised there was an aircraft on final to runway 13R, tower immediately cancelled the takeoff clearance. The crew rejected takeoff, taxied off the runway and returned to the holding point departing a few minutes later.

Metars:
KJFK 052051Z 19023G26KT 10SM FEW024 SCT049 OVC060 14/13 A3003 RMK AO2 PK WND 18030/1957 SLP168 T01390128 56025=
KJFK 051951Z 18024G31KT 10SM FEW024 SCT045 OVC065 14/13 A3004 RMK AO2 PK WND 19031/1950 SLP173 T01390128=
KJFK 051851Z 17017KT 9SM FEW025 SCT045 BKN065 OVC200 14/13 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP179 T01390128=
KJFK 051751Z 17015KT 9SM FEW025 BKN047 OVC080 13/12 A3010 RMK AO2 SLP193 60000 T01330122 10144 20111 56040=
KJFK 051651Z 17018G24KT 10SM SCT027 BKN047 OVC160 14/12 A3014 RMK AO2 PK WND 14026/1620 SLP207 T01440122=
KJFK 051551Z 15019G26KT 10SM FEW013 BKN028 OVC050 13/12 A3017 RMK AO2 PK WND 16027/1513 PRESFR SLP217 T01280117=
KJFK 051451Z 14017G24KT 10SM SCT013 BKN025 OVC075 12/11 A3022 RMK AO2 RAB1353E45 SLP234 P0000 60000 T01220111 58021=