Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 01-202221-1 |
Demand the Governorship of the Guainía department, Operator of San Felipe Aerodrome, to promptly install an effective and appropriate enclosure for the facilities of San Felipe Aerodrome (SKFP), in order to comply with the requirements stated in RAC 14.3.9.10.
This basic, essential, and logical safety standard aims to prevent unauthorized personnel and wildlife from crossing unnoticed and/or intentionally into the maneuvering area of the aerodrome, thus endangering aviation safety. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 02-202221-1 |
Demand the Governorship of the Guainía department, Operator of San Felipe Aerodrome, to design and immediately implement a Foreign Object Damage (FOD) Prevention Plan for San Felipe Aerodrome (SKFP). This plan, strictly and systematically enforced, should involve frequent operators of the aerodrome to strengthen their operational safety management systems.
The Aeronautical Authority should ensure the proper development and implementation of this FOD prevention plan at San Felipe Aerodrome (SKFP), and monitor its effectiveness. It is important to note that FOD has caused two (2) similar aviation incidents on the same runway in the last four years. These verifications should be documented and conducted in person. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 03-202221-1 |
Demand the Governorship of the Guainía department, Operator of San Felipe Aerodrome, to design and implement an effective plan to prevent the inadvertent crossing of unauthorized individuals into the maneuvering area of the aerodrome, as it poses a direct hazard to aviation operations.
This plan should involve the San Felipe community, military personnel from the adjacent Military Canton, and air operators. It is imperative to prohibit the crossing, entry, or presence of individuals in the maneuvering area unless strictly necessary for aviation operations. These same restrictive measures should be strictly applied to vehicles and other mobile equipment.
The implementation of these access regulations should be shared with air operators to be taken into account in their own operational safety management systems. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 04-202221-1 |
Require the Governorship of the Guainía department, Operator of San Felipe Aerodrome, to implement an awareness program aimed at the residents of San Felipe village and the military personnel from the adjacent Military Canton. This program should present the results and recommendations of the investigation COL-18-28-GIA (which occurred in San Felipe in 2018) as well as the results and recommendations of this investigation.
This awareness campaign should include information about the nature of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) and the potential risk they pose to aircraft safety. Emphasize to the population the prohibition of accessing the maneuvering area of the aerodrome to avoid the generation of FOD and other risks that may arise from intrusions into restricted areas of the aerodrome. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 05-202221-1 |
Urge the Governorship of the Guainía department, Operator of San Felipe Aerodrome, to make improvements in the general infrastructure of the aerodrome, such as the delineation, signaling, and fencing of the runway, leveling of safety areas, installation of wind indicators, and implementation of an aerodrome maintenance program to enhance its operational safety conditions. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 06-202221-1 |
Promptly carry out an on-site inspection of San Felipe Aerodrome to verify compliance with the requirements specified in the technical standards contained in RAC 14. The on-site inspection should include, among other aspects:
- Analysis of the cross slope of the runway according to RAC 14.3.3.1.13.7.
- Analysis of the runway surface according to RAC 14.3.3.1.15.
- Verification and notification of objects in the runway strips according to RAC 14.3.3.4.6. If there are objects that may pose a danger to aircraft, the aerodrome operator should be required to remove them, and in the meantime, their presence should be reported to aeronautical information services.
- Analysis of the strength of the runway strips according to RAC 14.3.3.4.13.
- Verify the presence of wind direction indicators as required by RAC 14.3.5.1.1.
- Verify the presence of vertical threshold markings as required by RAC 14.3.5.2.4.3. for unpaved runways.
- Verify the presence of runway edge markings as stipulated in RAC 14.3.5.2.7.6. for unpaved runways.
- Verify the presence of an adequate enclosure as required in RAC 14.3.9.10.
The results of this inspection should be disclosed and shared with the operators of San Felipe Aerodrome to serve as input for their own operational safety management systems. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 07-202221-1 |
Develop a plan to conduct similar inspections, as recommended in REC. 05-202221-1, for all aerodromes with similar characteristics to San Felipe Aerodrome (SKFP). This applies to aerodromes located in remote regions, managed by territorial entities, and involved in passenger transport operations. Given the inherent danger that users of the aviation and airport infrastructure are exposed to when the technical standards in RAC 14 are not fully complied with, these inspections are necessary. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 08-202221-1 |
Review the provisions in RAC 14.2.3.12 regarding continuous surveillance, specifically regarding "continuous surveillance through field and documentary inspections," to ensure that it clearly states that in certain cases or with a certain regularity, field inspections will be mandatory and not solely documentary inspections. This recommendation is made considering the natural limitations of solely relying on documentary inspections, as they may not be sufficient to truly verify the operational safety requirements for aerodrome operations. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 09-202221-1 |
Include within RAC 14, or in a complementary document, the inspection requirements for movement areas, including runways and adjacent areas, to regularly assess their condition and prevent and remove any Foreign Object Debris (FOD) that could potentially cause damage to aircraft or affect onboard systems. This should be in accordance with the provisions in Annex 14 of ICAO, specifically paragraphs 10.2.1 and 2.9.3. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 10-202221-1 |
Disseminate this Investigation Report to non-scheduled air operators so that they can apply the recommendations as relevant. Additionally, operators should consider the report to improve their Operational Safety Management Systems, particularly when their operations involve unpaved runways that are not fenced and frequently exposed to FOD. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: Aerocivil | REC. 11-202221-1 |
Share this Investigation Report with territorial entities (governorates and municipalities) that are aerodrome operators, so that they can apply the recommendations as relevant. The report should also be taken into account to improve their Operational Safety Management Systems. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: ALIANSA Colombia | REC. 12-202221-1 |
Include in the operational safety risk management analysis the operations at aerodromes where there are no enclosures or other mechanisms to prevent inadvertent or deliberate crossing of people and/or wildlife and the generation of wildlife. Due to proximity, it is recommended to establish communication with the authorities to facilitate this risk management. |
Issued: 26-DEC-2022 | To: ALIANSA Colombia | REC. 13-202221-1 |
Establish the necessary procedures to ensure that in the event of an aviation occurrence, all perishable evidence is secured, as it constitutes a crucial part of investigations. Special care should be taken to ensure that the installation, verification of proper functioning, and handling of CVR and FDR systems, if installed on the aircraft, are carried out in accordance with the applicable regulations. |