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  • A300 600 In Flight Separation of Vertical Stabilizer
  • This report explains the accident involving American Airlines flight 587, an Airbus Industrie A300-605R, N14053, which crashed into a residential area of Belle Harbor, New York, USA following the in-flight separation of the airplane’s vertical stabilizer and rudder. The safety issues discussed in this report focus on characteristics of the A300-600 rudder control system design, A300-600 rudder pedal inputs at high airspeeds, aircraft-pilot coupling, flight operations at or below an airplane’s design maneuvering speed, and upset recovery training programs.
  • A310 Crash After Takeoff
  • The aircraft was completely destroyed on impact with the sea.
  • A310 Improper Response to Stall Warning
  • The pilot flying applied forward pressure on the control column but did not increase power when the stall-warning system activated during takeoff. The airplane descended into water soon thereafter. The controlled-flight-into-terrain (CFIT) accident occurred on a dark night with limited external visual references available for the flight crew.
  • A320 CFIT After Nonadherence to Standard Procedures
  • The report said that spatial disorientation likely was involved in the flight crew’s controlled flight into terrain (CFIT) during an attempted go-around. The ground-proximity warning system generated nine warnings before the aircraft struck the sea.
  • A320 Gear Collapsed After Hard Landing
  • A320 Runway Overrun
  • On touchdwon, after a normal ILS approach, the normal braking and alternate braking system failed. The captain elected to turn the aircraft through some 90° to the right where the aircraft ran into a low earth embankment. The nose gear collapsed while the engines made contact with the embankment, bringing the aircraft to a stop.
  • A321 Damaged Windscreens in Thunderstorm
  • The aircraft was in the cruise at FL340 when it encountered an area of severe turbulence and hail. Some of the flight deck windows became crazed and other areas of the airframe suffered extensive damage although this was not apparent to the crew.
  • A340 Crew Conducts Emergency Landing With Left main Gear Partially Extended
  • The report said that a wheel-brake torque rod detached and prevented the left-main gear from extending fully. The aircraft was substantially damaged during the emergency landing at London Heathrow Airport. Seven occupants received minor injuries during evacuation.
  • A340 Emergency Landing
  • A340 Crew Conducts Emergency Landing With Left-main Gear Partially Extended
  • A340 Tailstrike On Takeoff
  • Airbus A300 600 Tailstrike On takeoff
  • During takeoff, as the aircraft was accelerating at 40 knots, it pitched up and its tail touched the ground violently. The crew abandoned the takeoff and returned to the parking area.
  • Airbus A310 Altitude Bust
  • Serious altitude bust during approach due to an incorrect QNH setting
  • Airbus A310 Loss Of Rudder In Flight
  • During the landing flare, the rudder control inputs were not effective in correcting for a slight crab. The aircraft landed and taxied to the gate. After shutdown, it was discovered that the aircraft rudder was missing. Small pieces of the rudder were still attached to the vertical stabilizer.
  • Airbus A310 Runway Overrun and Crash
  • The A310 ran down the runway, overran the runway threshold and collided with barriers, broke apart and burst into flames.
  • Airbus A319 Inadvertent Selection Of Parking Brake On Landing
  • On approach the captain inadvertently selected the parking brake to ON after the first officer had called for full flap. The application of the parking brake was not detected prior to touchdown. All four main landing gear tyres deflated on landing.
  • Airbus A320 CFIT During Go Around
  • During a go-around in bad weather conditions, The Airbus A320 stalled in turn. The aircraft was completely destroyed due to impact with the water.
  • Airbus A320 Collision with a Tug
  • After receiving taxi clearance from Air Traffic Control, the A320 started moving under its own power. Shortly afterwards it collided with the tractor that had just performed the pushback, damaging the right engine and the tractor.
  • Airbus A320 Near CFIT
  • On a flight from Alexandria, Egypt to Addis Abeba, Ethiopia, the crew carried out two approaches using the Addis Abeba VOR and associated DME. On the second approach the aircraft crossed over a ridge of high ground in IMC and came within 56 ft of terrain at a location 5 nm to the northeast of the airport. As the aircraft crossed the ridge the crew, alerted a few seconds earlier by a radio altimeter height callout, carried out a go-around; at the same time the EGPWS generated a ‘TOO LOW TERRAIN’ aural alert. The investigation determined that the antenna of the ADS VOR had suffered water ingress and was not functioning correctly. The correct maintenance procedures for the ADS VOR/DME and its associated monitoring equipment were not followed. The aircraft received erroneous information from the ADS VOR which was fed to the flight deck VOR display, the FMS, the navigation displays and the EGPWS computer with its associated Terrain Awareness Display (TAD).
  • Airbus A320 Tailstrike On Landing
  • The crew were carrying out a manually flown ILS approach without the use of flight directors or autothrust. At 530 ft agl the aircraft was well above the normal 3º glideslope. The glideslope was not regained until shortly before landing, and by then the speed was below approach speed (VAPP) and the descent rate was high. During the flare, full back sidestick was applied and the aircraft bounced after touching down in a high pitch attitude; the second touchdown was also in a high pitch attitude. Post flight inspection confirmed that the aircraft tail had struck the ground on landing.
  • Airbus A320 Total Electrical Failure During Climb
  • As the aircraft climbed to FL 200 with autopilot and autothrust engaged, there was a major electrical failure. This resulted in the loss or degradation of a number of important aircraft systems. The crew reported that both the commander’s and co-pilot’s PFDs and NDs went blank, as did the upper ECAM display. The autopilot and autothrust systems disconnected, the VHF radio and intercom were inoperative and most of the cockpit lighting went off. There were several other more minor concurrent failures
  • Airbus A320 Visual Approach On The Wrong Airport
  • The crew judged that they were too high to carry out a safe landing from the ILS approach and requested permission from ATC to carry out a visual approach. The aircraft then flew a right descending orbit and a visual circuit, from which it landed. Upon landing, the crew were advised by ATC that they had, in fact, landed at the wrong airport.
  • Airbus A320 G DHJZ 12 08
  • The aircraft landed heavily, causing substantial damage to the aircraft’s main landing gear. It touched down with a high rate of descent, following a late initiation of the flare by the co‑pilot, who was undergoing line training.
  • Airbus A321 Nosewheel Axle Failure
  • While taxiing to the gate, the flight crew heard a noise from the nose landing gear area. As the aircraft turned onto the lead-in line at the gate, the ground marshallers observed that the right-hand nosewheel was missing
  • Airbus A321 Roll Oscillations On Landing
  • At approximately 140 feet AGL, on final approach to Runway 24R with full flaps selected, the aircraft experienced roll oscillations. The flight crew levelled the wings and the aircraft touched down firmly. During the approach, the aircraft had accumulated mixed ice on areas of the wing and the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer that are not protected by antiice systems.
  • Airbus A330 Emergency Descent
  • The aircraft made an emergency descent from FL350 and the Captain requested a diversion to Shannon.
  • Airbus A330 Landing With Both Engines Shut Down
  • An Airbus 330 aircraft, was on a scheduled flight from Toronto (Canada) to Lisbon (Portugal) when the crew noted a fuel imbalance. Shortly after, the crew initiated a diversion from the flight-planned route for a landing at the Lajes Airport, Terceira Island in the Azores..
  • Airbus A330 Maintenance Error and In Flight Fuel Leak
  • An A330–300 departed Vancouver, Canada, on a scheduled flight to Calgary, Canada. Shortly after take-off, the Vancouver tower informed the pilots that a substantial amount of smoke or vapour was coming from the number 2 engine. Although the pilots did not receive any abnormal engine indications or cockpit warnings, they declared an emergency and advised that they were returning to Vancouver.
  • Airbus A330 Tailstrike On takeoff
  • As the aircraft was taking off the underside of the tail struck the runway. The strike was undetected by the flight crew, but they were notified of the strike during the climb-out by ATC.
  • Airbus A340 Aircraft Damaged In Crosswind Landing
  • in strong gusting crosswind conditions, the aircraft began to drift to the right of the runway extended centreline. At the moment of touchdown, the aircraft was drifting to the right, its heading was some 10º to the left of its track and its roll attitude was approximately 3.5º right wing low. These factors resulted in the tyres of the two outer wheels of the right main landing gear making firm contact with the right edge line of the designated runway surface.
  • Airbus A340 Engine Power Loss In Flight
  • One hour and nine minutes into the flight, while cruising at flight level 350, the pilots felt an airframe vibration and observed the number 1 engine shut down spontaneously.
  • Airbus A340 Runway Overrun and Fire
  • During the flare, the aircraft travelled through an area of heavy rain, and visual contact with the runway environment was significantly reduced. There were numerous lightning strikes occurring, particularly at the far end of the runway. The aircraft touched down about 3800 feet down the runway, reverse thrust was selected about 12.8 seconds after landing, and full reverse was selected 16.4 seconds after touchdown. The aircraft was not able to stop on the 9000-foot runway and departed the far end at a groundspeed of about 80 knots. The aircraft stopped in a ravine and caught fire.
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