ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 321256
| Date: | Tuesday 24 August 2010 |
| Time: | 21:38 |
| Type: |  Embraer ERJ 190-100 LR (ERJ-190LR) |
| Owner/operator: | Henan Airlines |
| Registration: | B-3130 |
| MSN: | 19000223 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2008 |
| Total airframe hrs: | 5109 hours |
| Cycles: | 4712 flights |
| Engine model: | General Electric CF34-10E5 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 44 / Occupants: 96 |
| Aircraft damage: | Destroyed, written off |
| Category: | Accident |
| Location: | 0,9 km E of Yichun Lindu Airport (LDS) -
 China
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Harbin-Taiping International Airport (HRB/ZYHB) |
| Yichun Lindu Airport (LDS/ZYLD) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
An Embraer 190LR passenger jet, registered B-3130, was destroyed in an accident while on approach to Yichun Lindu Airport (LDS), China. Forty-four occupants were killed; the airplane was destroyed by fire.
Henan Airlines Flight VD8387 departed from Harbin-Taiping International Airport (HRB) at 20:51. The ERJ-190 climbed to the assigned cruising altitude of 6300 m. At 21:10 the flight crew established radio contact with air traffic control at Yichun. The controller informed the flight crew that the visibility was 2800 m.
Radiation fog had started to form and caused a rapid reduction in visibility.
The flight crew then prepared for a runway 30 approach and landing. While entering the procedure turn for final approach, the copilot reported observing the runway lights. At the completion of the procedure turn, at 21:33, the controller reminded the crew that the minimum descent altitude was 440 m. Three minutes later the airplane entered the area with radiation fog. The captain switched off the autopilot at 21:36 and continued the approach although the runway was not in sight. The approach was continued until the airplane struck terrain about 870 m short of runway 30. Fuel from the ruptured tanks ignited and a fire erupted.
Investigators from the State Administration of Work Safety concluded that the captain, on his first flight into Yichun, continued the approach despite the fact that the reported visibility of 2800 m was below the minimum of 3600 m. Also, the crew continued the approach into radiation fog and without being able to see the runway. The crew failed to initiate a missed approach when the radio altimeter callouts indicated that the airplane was near the ground.
A contributing factor to the accident was Henan Airlines' weak safety management. The parent company, Shenzen Airlines failed to supervise the safety management at Henan Airlines.
Sources:
State Administration of Work Safety report (in Chinese)
CAAC
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