ATR 72-212 PK-WHF — Susilo Sintang Airport, Pontianak

On the day of the occurrence, the Sintang Aiport information available on the website on page link AIP Volume IV contained information of Susilo Airport which had been closed for operation. The information of the Tebelian Airport available in the website on page link AIP Supplement, therefore KNKT recommends to ensure only the current information available in the publication and to remove the over...

The un-serviceability mark of white cross on runway of Susilo Airport had not been completed at that time of occurrence, the uncompleted crossed white mark and the appearance of all normal runway markings made the pilot did not aware that the runway had been closed for operation. Therefore, KNKT recommends to ensure the process of airport certification are properly conducted before release an aero...

The markings requirement for the closing of Susilo Airport was not oversighted by the DGCA and made the Susilo Airport was closed with un-obliterated normal runway markings and without proper runway closed markings. The DGCA has not established oversight system to ensure a closed airport has met the requirement standard. Therefore, KNKT recommends to develop system to ensure the process of closing...

The location indicator WIOS that was assigned for Susilo was re-assigned for Tebelian, this was not in accordance with ICAO recommended practice. The DGCA did not have regulation to accommodate the ICAO recommended practice regarding the location indicator reassignment. The reassignment location indicator made the pilots sure that the Susilo Airport was still operating and did not suspect that new...

On the AIP, the coordinate of TB NDB position was written 000230.07 S and 1112713.13 E, this format is not clearly describe decimal degrees format or degrees-minutes-second format, therefore KNKT recommends to ensure the standard coordinate format in the AIP.

On the day of the occurrence, the Sintang Aiport information available on the website on page link AIP Volume IV contained information of Susilo Airport which had been closed for operation. The information of the Tebelian Airport available in the website on page link AIP Supplement, therefore KNKT recommends to ensure only the current information available in the publication and to remove the over...

The un-serviceability mark of white cross on runway of Susilo Airport had not been completed at that time of occurrence, therefore KNKT recommends to ensure the process of airport certification are properly conducted before release amendment of aerodrome certificate.

The pilots recalled that the runway had normal markings and did not recall seeing white cross mark on the runway threshold. During the occurrence flight, unfinished crossed white mark had been painted over the runway designated number and all normal markings were still visible except the runway designated number. The unfinished crossed white mark and the appearance of all normal runway markings ma...

The document monitoring system of Wings Air was unable to detect the current publication on the aircraft library of PK-WHF during the positioning from Surabaya to West Kalimantan resulted in missing of information of the Tebelian Airport. In addition, the Wings Air system was also unable to update the current publication in the web-based file management system in timely manner. The web-based file...

The flight was the first flight for the PIC and SIC to Tebelian Airport and there was no briefing related to the operation of new airport, therefore KNKT recommends to ensure the pilot provide with the current information before conducting flight.

The aircraft had document library which contained several documents including Airport Visual Guidance (AVG). The aircraft document library was updated on January 2018, while the AVG revision status was number 5 dated 25 August 2017. The AVG of the Sintang Airport available on the aircraft library and utilized by the pilot was published on 2 March 2018 and effective since 9 March 2018, therefore KN...