Aeroflot B738 at Moscow on Jan 24th 2021, high speed, high sink rate ILS approach, GPWS alert
Last Update: February 10, 2021 / 09:50:21 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 24, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Aeroflot
Flight number
SU-1259
Departure
Ufa, Russia
Destination
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VP-BPF
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
The airline reported apart from an unstabilized call, the descent at high vertical speed below 1000 feet AGL and the GPWS alert "TOO LOW TERRAIN" the aircraft exceeded the maximum flaps speed for 40 seconds. There were no injuries. The airline investigates the occurrence.
The occurrence aircraft returned to service on Jan 27th 2021.
Metars:
UUEE 242100Z 14004MPS 3900 BR SCT005 OVC040 03/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 242030Z 14004MPS 4100 BR OVC005 03/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 242000Z 14004MPS 3800 BR OVC004 03/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241930Z 14004MPS 3200 -DZ BR OVC003 02/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241900Z 15004MPS 110V170 2600 -DZ BR OVC002 02/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG RMK QBB060=
UUEE 241830Z 15004MPS 2400 -DZ BR OVC002 02/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG RMK QBB060=
UUEE 241800Z 15005MPS 2500 -DZ BR OVC002 02/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG RMK QBB060=
UUEE 241730Z 14005MPS 2400 -DZ BR OVC002 02/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241700Z 14005MPS 2600 -DZ BR OVC002 02/01 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241630Z 13004MPS 2600 -DZ BR OVC002 02/02 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241600Z 14005MPS 2200 -DZ BR OVC002 02/01 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241530Z 13006MPS 2400 -DZ BR OVC002 02/01 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG=
UUEE 241500Z 13005G11MPS 2800 -DZ BR OVC002 02/01 Q1010 R06R/520240 R06C/520235 NOSIG RMK QBB060=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 24, 2021
Classification
Incident
Airline
Aeroflot
Flight number
SU-1259
Departure
Ufa, Russia
Destination
Moscow Sheremetyevo, Russia
Aircraft Registration
VP-BPF
Aircraft Type
Boeing 737-800
ICAO Type Designator
B738
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