AAIB investigation to Antonov 26B, UR-CQD
Failure to maintain correct approach profile, Birmingham Airport, Birmingham, West Midlands, 16 July 2020.
Summary:
The aircraft made two non-precision approaches to Runway 33 at Birmingham Airport, remaining too high on the first and too low on the second. In both cases ATC instructed the aircraft to go around. The aircraft then made a successful third approach to Runway 15 using the ILS. The absence of a precision approach for Runway 33, the pressure of undergoing a line check with a senior manager, a new flight instrument layout and missed opportunities to provide correcting action to the operating pilot are likely contributory factors to the aircraft being too low on the second approach.
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