Baltic F50 at Tampere on Nov 23rd 2012, ILS approach with VOR tuned descended below minimum safe altitude
Last Update: February 21, 2014 / 19:37:10 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 23, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
BT-357
Departure
Riga, Latvia
Destination
Tampere, Finland
Aircraft Registration
YL-BAC
Aircraft Type
Fokker 50
ICAO Type Designator
F50
Airport ICAO Code
EFTP
The Aviation Herald learned about this event in March 2013 however was unable to substantiate the details until Feb 21st 2014.
On March 28th 2013 Finland's AIB had told The Aviation Herald that they were not aware of such an event, an investigation has been opened as result of the inquiry. In subsequent inquiries The Aviation Herald was unable to raise the responsible investigator, who was said to be out of office for a long time.
Metars:
EFTP 232250Z AUTO 20006KT 9999 FEW005 BKN007 OVC009 05/05 Q1020
EFTP 232220Z AUTO 19004KT 160V230 9999 BKN005 BKN007 05/05 Q1020
EFTP 232150Z AUTO 19005KT 9999 BKN005 BKN007 05/05 Q1020
EFTP 232120Z AUTO 19006KT 9999 SCT004 BKN006 05/04 Q1019
EFTP 232050Z AUTO 19005KT 9999 BKN004 BKN006 05/05 Q1019
EFTP 232020Z AUTO 18006KT 9999 BKN004 BKN006 05/04 Q1019
EFTP 231950Z AUTO 19005KT 9999 SCT005 BKN007 05/04 Q1019
EFTP 231920Z AUTO 20006KT 9999 BKN006 BKN008 05/04 Q1019
EFTP 231850Z AUTO 20005KT 9999 SCT006 OVC008 05/04 Q1019
EFTP 231820Z AUTO 20007KT 9999 SCT005 BKN007 BKN009 06/05 Q1019
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Nov 23, 2012
Classification
Incident
Airline
Air Baltic
Flight number
BT-357
Departure
Riga, Latvia
Destination
Tampere, Finland
Aircraft Registration
YL-BAC
Aircraft Type
Fokker 50
ICAO Type Designator
F50
Airport ICAO Code
EFTP
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