Chengdu A319 at Nanning on Apr 5th 2013, landed below weather minima
Last Update: April 19, 2013 / 21:11:51 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Chengdu Airlines
Flight number
EU-2229
Departure
Chengdu, China
Destination
Nanning, China
Aircraft Registration
B-6229
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Airport
Nanning Wuxu Airport, Nanning
Airport ICAO Code
ZGNN
The airline confirmed the incident reporting they immediately grounded all 3 cockpit crew. A replacement crew performed the return flight.
Nanning features a runway 05/23 of 3200 meters/10,500 feet length, runway 05 features a category I capable ILS requiring at least 60 meters/197 feet vertical visibility and 550 meters runway visibility range, VOR/DME approaches exist for runway 05 and 23.
Metars:
ZGNN 050200Z VRB01MPS 2500 BR SCT001 BKN004 25/24 Q1001 BECMG 6000 BKN005
ZGNN 050100Z VRB01MPS 0500 R05/0325V0600N FG SCT002 23/23 Q1001 BECMG 1000 BR BKN003
ZGNN 050000Z 00000MPS 0200 R05/0250N FG VV001 23/22 Q1001 BECMG 1000 BR BKN003
ZGNN 042300Z VRB01MPS 0400 R05/P2000 FG VV002 21/21 Q1000 TEMPO 0500 FG
ZGNN 042200Z VRB01MPS 1200 R05/0300V0400N BR PRFG NSC 21/21 Q0999 NOSIG
ZGNN 042100Z VRB01MPS 2000 BR NSC 22/22 Q0999 NOSIG
ZGNN 042000Z VRB01MPS 2500 BR SCT026 22/22 Q0999 NOSIG
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Apr 5, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Chengdu Airlines
Flight number
EU-2229
Departure
Chengdu, China
Destination
Nanning, China
Aircraft Registration
B-6229
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
Airport
Nanning Wuxu Airport, Nanning
Airport ICAO Code
ZGNN
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