Alitalia A320 at Budapest on Jul 27th 2013, flight control problems
Last Update: November 22, 2013 / 16:10:42 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-479
Departure
Budapest, Hungary
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-DSA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The flight was cancelled.
On Jul 30th 2013 the French BEA reported in their weekly bulletin that the crew received "F/CTL STAB JAM" and "F/CTL ELAC 2 PITCH FAULT" messages. Hungary's KBSZ have opened an investigation into the occurrence rated a serious incident.
On Nov 22nd 2013 Hungary's KBSZ reported the aircraft was climbing through about 4000 feet at 210 knots when the crew selected the flaps to 0 and almost immediately afterwards the autopilot disconnected. In sequence following ECAM messages appeared: "F/CTL ELAC 2 PITCH FAULT, AUTO FLT AP OFF, F/CLT ELAC 1 PITHC FAULT, F/CTL ALTN LAW, F/CTL STABILIZER JAM". The crew levelled off at 6000 feet, entered a hold and worked the checklists identifying the primary failure was F/CTL STABILIZER JAM. The crew subsequently requested the longest runway available and landed on Budapest's runway 13L.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 27, 2013
Classification
Incident
Airline
Alitalia
Flight number
AZ-479
Departure
Budapest, Hungary
Destination
Rome Fiumicino, Italy
Aircraft Registration
EI-DSA
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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