I think poor visual flying; not instrument flying issues. They hit threshold lights, had PAPI, 3 km vis, few clouds above 1000 ft, and few winds.
.... According to the routine weather report (METAR) of the airport Cologne / Bonn from 00:20 hrs
The view was 2 800 m in damp haze. The wind was blowing from 350 ° with 3 kt, variable
From direction 310 ° to 010 °. There was light rain. The cloudiness was 1 / 8th
To 2/8 in 1 000 ft height, 5/8 to 7/8 in 5 000 ft height. The temperature was 16 ° C.,
The dew point 16 ° C and the air pressure (QNH) 1 016 hPa
Weather change can be expected within 2 hours.
Navigation aids
The approach was carried out as an SRA Approach on runway 32L in Cologne / Bonn.
Excerpt from the OM-A manual: SRA terminating at 2 NM or more is the lowest
DH / MDH 350 ft ....
.... According to the automatically generated computer voice "30" a cockpit occupancy bulletin
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Glied said: "we are getting slightly low". Then the computer-
Agree "retard". After the landing, the three pilots discussed the height of the
Approach The pilot on the Jumpseat saw four red lights in the last approach segment
The visual ancillary assistance (PAPI) "I think we were four red, we were putting very very
Low ". The responsible aircraft operator and the copilot agreed that
They would have seen 3 red and 1 white PAPI light. All three pilots were
Whether the aircraft with the main landing gear is a downhill
Lamp had touched.
The responsible aircraft operator became the event leader of the BFU
Interviewed. According to his statement, the approach was stabilized until the
About 200 ft. From this altitude, he had vertical
On the flight path. The PAPI lights are blurred too. ....
Last edited by alph2z; 29th Mar 2017 at 04:44.