Republic E170 at Washington on May 24th 2013, conflict with a military helicopter

Last Update: May 25, 2013 / 21:28:57 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 24, 2013

Classification
Incident

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

A Republic Airways Embraer ERJ-175 on behalf of US Airways, flight YX-3281/US-3281 from Columbus,OH to Washington National,DC (USA), was on final approach to runway 33 via approach to runway 01, an aircraft was lined up on runway 01 waiting for takeoff clearance, when tower informed the crew a helicopter had the aircraft in sight and would pass behind them, the crew acknowledged they had the traffic in sight. At 400 feet AGL, just while initiating circling to land on runway 33, the crew decided to go around due to the helicopter at the same height in their approach path. The aircraft was turned onto heading 050 and climbed to 4000 feet, then positioned for another approach this time to runway 01 and landed safely about 15 minutes after going around.

The FAA reported a military UH-1 (Huey) helicopter (initial report was UH-60 Black Hawk) had climbed to 400 feet just as the Embraer descended through 400 feet prompting the Embraer to go around.

The NTSB reported the separation between the two aircraft reduced to 0 feet vertical and 950 feet horizontal.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
May 24, 2013

Classification
Incident

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-170

ICAO Type Designator
E170

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