The aircraft reached a maximum altitude of 2 895 ft and the load factor reached a negative g-value of –0.6 Pushing the control column forward is also an elementary flying procedure to increase the speed and to prevent the aircraft from entering a stall. This was in order to follow the command of level off at 2 500 ft. The aircraft therefore climbed very rapidly through the MCP selected altitude of 2 500 ft and with the aircraft pitch increasing to 21°.ĪAIB/N considers that the Commander at this time had lost situational awareness (being “behind the aircraft”).Īs the Commander of Iceland Air flight FI315 noticed the speed to be rapidly decreasing, he pushed the control column forward. The AFDS calculates the high closure rate to 2 500 ft and captures that altitude almost immediately causing the A/T to change from Go-around mode to retard power to MCP selected speed (150 kt)). The Commander’s instrument panel indicated intermittent ILS failures of raw data without any flag warnings.ĭuring the go-around the flight director pitch bar commanded a pitch attitude of 15° (The AFDS commanded a level off at 2 500 ft (the last assigned altitude by ATC). The status of the flight was as follows: The aircraft was above the GP, and the SOP calls for the GA altitude to be set when stabilized on GP, therefore the GA altitude was not set on the MCP.įlaps were not in landing configuration, because landing Check List was not completed. He announced his decision to the First Officer and started a “Go-Around”. 580 ft AAL (Flight Data Recorder (FDR) radio altimeter reading) the Commander decided that he discontinued the unstabilized approach and initiated a missed approach.
The unstabilized final approach was abandoned at low altitude, and during the go-around the aircraft entered an extreme manoeuvre with high positive and negative pitch attitudes, and the aircraft exceeded maximum negative and positive g-values.Īt an altitude of approx. The descent and approach was made in strong tailwind. On the 22nd of January 2002 a Boeing 757-208, TF-FIO, on Iceland Air flight FI315, made an approach to Oslo airport Gardermoen.