Final Report DCA16IA200: A320 landing at wrong airport, vicinity Rapid City SD USA, 7 July 2016
Final Report DCA16IA200: A320 landing at wrong airport, vicinity Rapid City SD USA, 7 July 2016
On 7 July 2016, an Airbus A320 crew cleared for a dusk visual approach to Rapid City mis-identified runway 13 at Ellsworth AFB as runway 14 at their intended destination and landed on it after recognising their error just before touchdown. The Investigation concluded that the crew had failed to use the available instrument approach guidance to ensure their final approach was made on the correct extended centreline and noted that it had only been possible to complete the wrong approach by flying an abnormally steep unstabilised final approach. Neither pilot was familiar with Rapid City Airport.







