Serious Incident to the Airbus A319 registered PR-AVC and operated by Avianca on 07/19/2017 near Rio de Janeiro AD [Investigation led by CENIPA / Brazil]

Preliminary data based on the notification from the Brazilian authorities:

There was an EGPWS warning during the performance of the RNAV Y RWY 28 instrument approach procedure chart. The crew performed a go-around and then landed at RWY 15.

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General information
Local date	19/07/2017
Responsible entity	Brazil - CENIPA
State or area of occurrence	Brazil
Location	Vers AD Rio de Janeiro
Human consequences	None
Aircraft consequences	None
Occurrence class	Serious incident
File number	BEA2017-0500

Flight Information
Aircraft category	Aeroplane - Large aeroplane
Operator	Brazil - Oceanair - Linhas Aereas Ltda. (Avianca)
Manufacturer / Model	AIRBUS - A319
Aircraft Registration	PR-AVC
State of registry	Brazil
Last departure point	Brazil - SBSP (CGH): Sao Paulo/Congonhas, Sp
Planned destination	Brazil - SBGL (GIG): Rio De Janeiro/Intl Galeao, Rj
Flight phase	Approach
Serial number	4287
Operator Type AG
Operation Type	Commercial Air Transport - Passenger - Airline

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