Air Canada E170 at New York on Dec 9th 2012, descended below safe altitude
Last Update: December 17, 2012 / 21:46:48 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 9, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-730
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
New York La Guardia, United States
Aircraft Registration
C-FEKJ
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170
ICAO Type Designator
E170
The Canadian TSB said the crew had LNAV and VNAV engaged on the autoflight systems, the approach and vertical glide path appeared normal. The operator suspects a data problem in the navigation database for the non-precision approaches to La Guardia's runway 04. The event, as well as an earlier event, see Incident: Air Canada E170 at New York on Nov 27th 2012, descended below minimum height, is being investigated by the airline's fleet management and safety department in coordination with Embraer and Honeywell.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Dec 9, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-730
Departure
Toronto, Canada
Destination
New York La Guardia, United States
Aircraft Registration
C-FEKJ
Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170
ICAO Type Designator
E170
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