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| Date: | Monday 25 July 2016 |
| Time: | 11:25 |
| Type: |  Airbus A319-111 |
| Owner/operator: | Air France |
| Registration: | F-GRHX |
| MSN: | 1524 |
| Year of manufacture: | 2001 |
| Engine model: | CFMI CFM56-5B5/P |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Location: | over Castricum aan Zee, Noord-Holland -
 Netherlands
|
| Phase: | Approach |
| Nature: | Passenger - Scheduled |
| Departure airport: | Marseille-Provence Airport (MRS/LFML) |
| Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport (AMS/EHAM) | |
| Confidence Rating: |  Information verified through data from accident investigation authorities |
An Air France Airbus A319 operating flight AF1820 from Marseille, France, was involved in an airprox incident while on approach to Amsterdam-Schiphol International Airport, the Netherlands.
The aircraft was descending northbound along the North Sea shoreline in prepartion for an approach to runway 18R. At the same time a Sukhoi Su-26MX aerobatics plane, PH-SMX, was proceeding southbound along the shoreline.
Flight AF1820 had been cleared to 2000 feet by the Amsterdam Arrival controller and was descending on a heading of 010 degrees.
About 11:25:20 local time, the Amsterdam Arrival controller cleared the flight to turn right: "Air France 8-2-0-Bravo turn right heading 0-9-0 and at your twelve o'clock traffic at 1700 feet".
The Sukhoi began to climb and penetrated the lower level of the SPL TMA 1, which is 1500 ft. Due to a transponder malfunction the Sukhoi's altitude incorrectly showed up on the ATC radar as being 2000 ft.
The Airbus continued the approach and landed uneventfully. The Su-26MX initiated a descent and continued its flight along the shoreline.
Sources:
https://www.bea.aero/en/investigation-reports/notified-events/detail/event/serious-incident-to-the-airbus-a319-registered-f-grhx-and-operated-by-air-france-and-the-sukhoi-su26-mx-registered-ph-smx-on-25072016-at-amsterdamschiphol-investigation-led-by-dsb-the-netherlands/
https://www.onderzoeksraad.nl/uploads/phase-docs/1356/53d93aa5646fovv-kwartaalrapportage-luchtvaart-kw-iii-2016-nl.pdf
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 27 June 2016 | F-GRHX | Air France, opf HOP! | 0 | near Marseille Provence Airport, Bouches-du-Rhône 13 |  |
non |
Location
Images:
Su-26MX PH-SMX at Breda Int. Airport (EHSE); 29-8-2015 (c) H. Ranter/ASN
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Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 12-Aug-2016 16:37 | harro | Added |
| 12-Aug-2016 17:45 | harro | Updated [Location, Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 12-Aug-2016 17:50 | harro | Updated [Narrative, Photo, ] |
| 12-Aug-2016 18:06 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2016 18:14 | harro | Updated [Time, Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2016 19:09 | harro | Updated [Embed code, ] |
| 12-Aug-2016 19:10 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 12-Aug-2016 19:38 | harro | Updated [Narrative, ] |
| 01-Nov-2016 09:43 | harro | Updated [Source, Narrative, ] |
| 18-Jun-2022 20:36 | Ron Averes | Updated [Location, ] |
| 14-Feb-2025 11:54 | ASN | Updated [Departure airport, ] |
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