Canada B763 at Lyon on Sep 2nd 2016,asymmetric flaps

Last Update: September 28, 2016 / 20:28:25 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-2128

Destination
Lyon, France

Aircraft Registration
C-FCAF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

An Air Canada Boeing 767-300, registration C-FCAF performing flight AC-2128 from Montreal,QC (Canada) to Lyon (France) with 173 people on board, was on final approach to Lyon's runway 35R when the crew selected flaps 20 but received a "LE FLAP ASYM" EICAS message. The aircraft went around, climbed to 5000 feet, the crew worked the related checklist and declared PAN. The aircraft landed on Lyon's runway 35L at a slightly higher than normal speed about 22 minutes after the go around.

Canada's TSB reported maintenance replaced the Flap Slat Electronic Unit.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Sep 2, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-2128

Destination
Lyon, France

Aircraft Registration
C-FCAF

Aircraft Type
Boeing 767-300

ICAO Type Designator
B763

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