Serious incident to the Gulfstream G550 registered M-SAWO on 10/09/2017 at Paris-Le Bourget (Seine-Saint-Denis)

Cat. 2 investigation report: simplified-format report, adapted to the circumstances of the occurrence and the investigation stakes.

The crew were cleared for a LOC A approach to runway 25 at Le Bourget airport, which is offset by 26° to the runway centreline. Following an altimeter setting error, the aeroplane was 280 ft lower than indicated on the altimeter.
On flying through 1,000 ft indicated, the co-pilot (PF) disconnected the AP and used the external visual references. She mistook the disused former runway whose centreline crossed her flight path, for runway 25. The PF aligned with the former runway and, when she realised her mistake, tried to join the end of runway 25 at low height. The aiming point was then close to the separation between the light section and the dark section of the runway.
The aeroplane overshot the centreline of runway 25, the angle of attack protection was triggered and the stick shaker was activated. The PF aborted the approach whilst the aeroplane was at a height of approximately 20 ft, with a 15° bank angle. With full thrust only being available after a few seconds, the aeroplane initially continued to descend and its left wing struck a light located on the right side of the runway, 300 m before the runway’s displaced threshold.