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SYNOPSIS
On 1 June 2008, an Airbus A320 aircraft, registration PK-YVE, was being
operated by Metro Batavia Airlines (Batavia Air) flight number 7P-591, on a
scheduled passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan. The flight departed at 00:10 UTC
(07:10 local time) with an estimated arrival time at Medan of 02:25. There were 140
people on board; two pilots, five cabin crew, and 133 passengers.
The aircraft touched down towards the departure end of the touch-down area of
runway 05 at Polonia Airport, Medan at 03:04. After a landing run of 41 seconds, the
aircraft stopped on the runway adjacent to taxiway ‘D’, approximately 1,200 meters
from the estimated point of touch down. Three main-wheel tires and two main
wheels were substantially damaged. The aircraft could not be taxied from the runway
to the apron, nor could it be towed to the apron due to damage to the wheels.
The passengers and crew disembarked normally at taxiway ‘D’; there were no
injuries.
Following an inspection of the landing gear and replacement of the damaged wheels,
the aircraft was towed to the apron at 10:10. The runway was closed for about 7
hours.
The investigation found that the left landing gear down-lock cable was broken. The
aircraft touched down with the wheel brakes locked due to a hydraulic lock in the
system, which was the result of an incorrect manual landing gear extension
procedure being used by the pilots.
The pilots’ actions indicated that they did not sufficiently understand the aircraft’s
landing gear system, resulting in them using inappropriate trouble shooting and
rectification procedures.
The pilots were not sufficiently confident of the aircraft’s fuel state to conduct a go
around and fly past as cleared by ATC.
With the release of the final report, the National Transportation Safety Committee’s
(NTSC) issued two recommendations to address the safety deficiencies identified in
the report. These covered flight crew technical knowledge of aircraft systems, fuel
planning and flight management, and the regulatory oversight of the airline’s training
program.
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1. FACTUAL INFORMATION
1.1 History of the Flight
On 1 June 2008, an Airbus A320 aircraft, registration PK-YVE, operated by
Metro Batavia Airlines (Batavia Air) as a flight number 7P-591, was being
operated on a scheduled passenger flight from Jakarta to Medan.
The aircraft departed from Soekarno – Hatta Airport, Jakarta at 00:10 Coordinated
Universal Time1 (UTC) (07:10 local time), under the instrument flight rules (IFR).
The estimated time of arrival (ETA) at Polonia Airport, Medan, North Sumatera
was 02:25. The pilot in command (PIC) was the handling pilot and the copilot was
the support/monitoring pilot.
Figure 1: PK-YVE, Batavia Air Airbus A320 at Medan on 2 June 2008
There were 140 people on board; two pilots, five cabin crew, and 133 passengers.
The flight plan indicated that the aircraft was carrying sufficient fuel for the sector
to Medan, plus fuel to fly to alternate airport Batam, holding at Batam and
statutory reserves.
The aircraft touched down towards the departure end of the touch-down area of
runway 05 at Polonia Airport, Medan at 03:04. After a landing run of 41 seconds,
it stopped on the runway adjacent to taxiway ‘D’, approximately 1,200 meters
from the estimated point of touch down. Three main-wheel tires and two main
wheels were substantially damaged.
1 The 24-hour clock is used in this report to describe the local time of day, Central Indonesia Standard Time (Waktu
Indonesia Barat (WIB)) as specific events occurred. Central Indonesian Standard Time is Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC) + 7 hours.
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During the final approach the left main landing gear position indicator light was
‘red’ color and the ECAM (Electronic Centralised Aircraft Monitoring) system
display indicator was ‘amber’ color. The PIC decided to abort the approach and
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