Aircraft

Summary

On 3 November 2011 at about 21:31 local time, a an aircraft of an unrecorded type was involved in an incident near Kahului, Hawaii, United States. The number of people on board was not recorded. The NTSB has published a probable cause for this accident; it is quoted in full below.

Date

3 November 2011 at 21:31

Classification

Incident

Location

Kahului, Hawaii, United States

Nearest airport

Kahului Airport (PHOG)

Coordinates

20.8691, -156.4507

Aircraft

Not recorded

Registration

Not recorded

Operator

Not recorded

Operating rule

Unknown

Phase of flight

Not recorded

Route

Unknown → Kahului

Aircraft damage

Not recorded

Weather

VMC

Light

Day

NTSB number

OPS12IA122

Injuries not recorded.

Failure of the Honolulu Control Facility controller to issue control instructions necessary to establish and maintain required separation between all three aircraft. Contributing to the losses of separation was inadequate training provided to controllers about the use of the approach to runway 2 at Kahului.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record. This site does not paraphrase or interpret it.

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Three aircraft were approaching Kahului Airport to land on runway 2 and were receiving air traffic control sequencing and separation services from the Honolulu Control Facility (HCF). Aircraft 1 was conducting an instrument approach from the northeast and conflicted with aircraft 2, which was conducting a visual approach from the southwest. The controller attempted to correct the situation by vectoring aircraft 1, even though it was below the minimum vectoring altitude for the area. Aircraft 2 continued the approach and landed. The controller re-sequenced aircraft 1 for another instrument approach in front of aircraft 3, which was arriving from the northeast. Aircraft 3 was faster than aircraft 1 and overtook aircraft 1 while both aircraft were on final approach to the runway. The controller did not intervene in time to ensure separation. Review of HCF training materials and procedures showed that the simulator problems given to controllers to familiarize them with the new approach at that airport were not realistic and did not properly prepare controllers to manage the approach procedure.

Quoted verbatim from the NTSB record.