Spirit A320 at Los Angeles on Feb 2nd 2016, damage to horizontal stabilizer
Last Update: February 4, 2016 / 17:17:07 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 2, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Spirit Airlines
Flight number
NK-185
Departure
Cleveland, United States
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N632NK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
When the aircraft was being prepared for its next scheduled flight NK-709 to Detroit,MI (USA) the flight crew discovered damage to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer during the preflight walk around. The aircraft was removed from service, flight NK-709 was cancelled.
The FAA rated the occurrence an incident reporting unknown damage to the leading edge of the horizontal stabilizer.
The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for 16.5 hours, then positioned to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) and resumed service from Fort Lauderdale 9 hours after landing there.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 2, 2016
Classification
Incident
Airline
Spirit Airlines
Flight number
NK-185
Departure
Cleveland, United States
Destination
Los Angeles, United States
Aircraft Registration
N632NK
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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