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Air New Zealand 8199: descent below safe altitude

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approximately 11 NM from the runway and within an area where the minimum safe altitude was 2000 ft. The aeroplane continued to descend to a lowest recorded altitude of 1156 ft (1022 ft above ground level). 1.3. Had the captain
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Air New Zealand 8199: descent below safe altitude

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track between ELDAK and Timaru was 1600 ft, the minimum initial approach altitude was 2000 ft. The clearance issued by Christchurch Control16 meant that NZ8199 could deviate from its flight plan track to commence the approach. However, in doing so
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Air New Zealand 8199: descent below safe altitude

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crossed SUNPA at an altitude of 1668 ft (see Figure 4). The captain continued the climb to 2000 ft, where the correct profile was regained, and proceeded to land without incident, touching down at 1913. Page 6 | Final Report
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Air New Zealand 8199: descent below safe altitude

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terrain clearance of 1000 ft at the TAA altitude. The applicable TAA for NZ8199 was 2000 ft within a 25 NM radius of waypoint SUNPA. 2.59. The minimum commencement altitude for the RNAV approach for runway 20 was 2000 ft
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Air New Zealand 8199: descent below safe altitude

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and, provided that the descent profile was adhered to, the flight would not breach the 2000 ft limitation that marked the beginning of the approach. This was the Initial Approach Fix (IAF) located at waypoint SUNPA. Final Report AO-2023-007 |
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Air New Zealand 8199: descent below safe altitude

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by this point the aeroplane was already below the required minimum safe altitude of 2000 ft. The technique employed by the flight crew for setting the altitude alerter did not provide an adequate degree of protection for approaches in uncontrolled
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