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| Date: | Friday 25 October 2019 |
| Time: | |
| Type: |  Saab 340A (F) |
| Owner/operator: | SprintAir |
| Registration: | SP-KPV |
| MSN: | 340A-071 |
| Engine model: | GE CT7 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: |
| Other fatalities: | 0 |
| Aircraft damage: | None |
| Category: | Serious incident |
| Location: | Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW/EPWA) -
 Poland
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| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Cargo |
| Departure airport: | Kyiv-Igor Sikorsky International Airport (IEV/UKKK) |
| Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW/EPWA) | |
| Investigating agency: | SCAAI |
| Confidence Rating: |  Accident investigation report completed and information captured |
Upon arrival at EPWA, a holding procedure was executed over the LIMVI waypoint due to worsening conditions below CAT II landing minimums. After approximately 40 minutes, following a change in the ATIS information indicating improving weather, the crew executed the STAR procedure for runway 33, LIMVI4U.
During descent, the air traffic controller informed the crew of the conditions on runway 33 as RVR 300/250/280. The crew continued the approach. After establishing contact with the TWR, the crew received updated RVR information of 250/275/250.
According to crew statements, at an altitude of 190 feet they saw 6 edge lights of RWY 33, from which it can be inferred that visibility was 360 meters. The landing was completed without incident.
According to aviation regulations and information received from the air traffic controller, the crew should not have continued the approach below 1000 feet AGL.
Cause of the incident:
The crew’s decision to continue the approach and landing below 1000 feet AGL with a reported RVR lower than the required minimum (CAT.OP.MPA.305), which in this case was 300 meters, was not in compliance with regulations.
Accident investigation:
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Sources:
https://pkbwl.gov.pl/raporty/2019-4994/
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 3 January 2017 | SP-KPV | Sprint Air | 0 | Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW) | |
non |
| Engine failure | ||||||
Location
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 06-Jun-2025 05:24 | ASN | Updated [Aircraft type, Cn, Operator, Total fatalities, Phase, Nature, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Damage, Narrative, Accident report, ] |
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