Carpat A319 at Frankfurt on Jul 3rd 2023, aligned with taxiway during swingover

Last Update: July 8, 2023 / 22:13:54 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 3, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Carpatair

Flight number
BT-243

Departure
Riga, Latvia

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
YR-ABA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

Airport
Frankfurt am Main International Airport, Frankfurt-am-Main

Airport ICAO Code
EDDF

A CarpatAir Airbus A319-100 on behalf of Baltic Air, registration YR-ABA performing flight BT-243 from Riga (Latvia) to Frankfurt/Main (Germany), was on final approach to Frankfurt's runway 25L aligned with the runway and descending through about 2000 feet MSL when ATC instructed the aircraft to swing over to runway 25C. The aircraft went off the localizer runway 25L but aligned with taxiway M, in the middle between runway 25L and 25C, which was occupied by a Lufthansa Airbus A320. The A319 went around from about 200 feet AGL, climbed to 5000 feet and positioned for another approach to runway 25L and landed on runway 25L without further incident about 20 minutes after the go around.

The aircraft remained on the ground for about 105 minutes before departing for the return flight BT-244 with a delay of about 70 minutes.

The flight trajectory (Graphics: AVH/Google Earth):




Metars:
EDDF 030820Z AUTO 23010KT 200V260 9999 FEW046 19/08 Q1014 TEMPO 23015G25KT=
EDDF 030750Z AUTO 21012KT CAVOK 18/08 Q1014 TEMPO 23015G25KT=
EDDF 030720Z AUTO 24011KT CAVOK 17/08 Q1014 TEMPO 24015G25KT=
EDDF 030650Z AUTO 24011KT 220V280 CAVOK 17/08 Q1014 TEMPO 24015G25KT=
EDDF 030620Z AUTO 22010KT 9999 BKN048 17/09 Q1013 NOSIG=
EDDF 030550Z AUTO 21009KT 9999 BKN045 16/09 Q1013 NOSIG=
EDDF 030520Z AUTO 22008KT CAVOK 16/09 Q1013 NOSIG=
EDDF 030450Z AUTO 21006KT CAVOK 16/09 Q1013 NOSIG=
EDDF 030420Z AUTO 20003KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1012 NOSIG=
EDDF 030350Z AUTO 26006KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1013 NOSIG=
EDDF 030320Z AUTO 25005KT CAVOK 15/09 Q1012 NOSIG=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Jul 3, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Carpatair

Flight number
BT-243

Departure
Riga, Latvia

Destination
Frankfurt/Main, Germany

Aircraft Registration
YR-ABA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

Airport
Frankfurt am Main International Airport, Frankfurt-am-Main

Airport ICAO Code
EDDF

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