Final Report A333 (N802NW), Amsterdam Netherlands, 12 January 2023
Final Report A333 (N802NW), Amsterdam Netherlands, 12 January 2023
On 12 January 2023, an Airbus A330-300 touched down at Amsterdam at night 11 metres short of the runway after the Captain manually flew below the visual ILS glidepath indication once below minimum decision height without comment by the other two junior pilots. The undershoot was apparently not recognised by any of the pilots and debris on the runway was only discovered two hours later. The crew were unfamiliar with the relatively short runway and it was concluded that having incorrectly perceived the overrun risk as greater than an undershoot, they had prioritised speed control over maintaining the glide path.
