Improving Flight Safety Through Stabilized Approaches.
Runway excursions are caused when an aircraft is approaching the runway too high, too fast, or not properly configured for landing - common components of an unstable approach - and therefore causing a hard or long landing. Honeywell’s new SmartLanding™ helps reduce the risk of runway excursions by alerting crew members during the landing process if they are going too fast, if they are too high or if they are outside their landing procedures.
- Runway excursions represent:
- 96% of the total runway-related accidents
- 80% of the runway-related fatal accidents
- Approximately US$900 million in costs per year for US airlines and business aviation operators due to inspections, repairs and passenger injuries over the last 10 years
- SmartLanding complements Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and Flight Operations Quality Assurance (FOQA) programs to improve safety by encouraging compliance with stabilized approach criteria:
- Aircraft should be stable at 1000 feet above the field
- Aircraft MUST be stable at 500 feet above the field
- Aircraft is properly configured to land
- Aircraft is on the correct vertical path
- Aircraft is on the correct Speed (future enhancement for Business aircraft)
- SmartLanding is a simple software upgrade to Honeywell’s MK V and Mark VII Enhanced Ground Proximity Warning System (EGPWS) systems and requires less than one hour aircraft downtime and minimal pilot training for commercial and business aircraft
SmartLanding is available now and is offered for both commercial and business aviation platforms.
