Airprox Serious incident Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8 SP-EQK, Wednesday 29 October 2014
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Date:Wednesday 29 October 2014
Time:07:53
Type:Silhouette image of generic DH8D model; specific model in this crash may look slightly different    
Bombardier DHC-8-402Q Dash 8
Owner/operator:Eurolot
Registration: SP-EQK
MSN: 4443
Year of manufacture:2013
Engine model:P&W Canada PW150
Fatalities:Fatalities: 0 / Occupants:
Other fatalities:0
Aircraft damage: None
Category:Serious incident
Location:TMA Warsaw -   Poland
Phase: En route
Nature:Passenger - Scheduled
Departure airport:Warszawa-Frédéric Chopin Airport (WAW/EPWA)
Destination airport:Poznan-Lawica Airport (POZ/EPPO)
Investigating agency: SCAAI
Confidence Rating: Accident investigation report completed and information captured
Narrative:
An airprox incident occurred between a DHC-8-400 (flight LOT3957) and an ERJ-195LR (flight DLH8FN, D-AEBS). The crew of the DLH8FN flight was flying at flight level (FL) 100 to the F. Chopin Airport in Warsaw (EPWA). After taking off from EPWA, the crew of the LOT3957 flight was climbing to the assigned FL90. Upon reaching the assigned FL, the crew of LOT3957 continued to ascend, which led to a breach of minimum separation and subsequently activated the airborne collision avoidance system (ACAS), generating "RESOLUTION ADVISORY" (RA) commands to perform maneuvers to avoid a collision. The lowest recorded separation values from the ACAS readout were 5 feet vertically and 1.8 NM horizontally (required 1000 feet and 3 NM).

Accident investigation:
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Investigating agency: SCAAI
Report number: 1953/14
Status: Investigation completed
Duration: 1 year and 5 months
Download report: Final report

Sources:

BFU 6X013-14

Revision history:

Date/timeContributorUpdates
16-Mar-2025 14:06 ASN Added
16-Mar-2025 14:34 ASN Updated [Aircraft type, Registration, Cn, Operator, Location, Phase, Departure airport, Destination airport, Source, Narrative, ]
16-Mar-2025 14:35 ASN Updated [Narrative, Accident report, ]

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