Indigo A320 at Kolkata on Jul 14th 2015, hard landing at +3.1G
Last Update: November 20, 2017 / 15:03:53 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 14, 2015
Classification
Report
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-347
Departure
Ranchi, India
Destination
Kolkata, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IEO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport ICAO Code
VECC
There were no injuries, the aircraft did not receive damage (as a following examination determined).
India's DGCA released their final report concluding the probable causes of the incident were:
Sudden changes in weather conditions and improper input by First officer resulted high Rate of Descent (ROD).
High ROD and delayed decision by the PIC to take-over the controls are the probable causes of the occurrence.
The DGCA reported the pilots perceived the landing as normal, however, an automated hard landing report was issued. The aircraft subsequently remained on the ground until Jul 21st 2015, then ferried to Delhi for further inspections and returned to service on Jul 25th 2015.
Metars:
VECC 140850Z 14009KT 0600 R19L/1400 RMID/1200 R01R/1200 R19R/1100 TSRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC080 28/27 Q0996 TEMPO TL1015 0800 TSRA=
SPECI VECC 140830Z 02010KT 0600 R19L/100 RMID/1000 R01R/1000 R19R/1000 TSRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC080 28/27 Q0997 TEMPO TL1015 1500 TSRA=
VECC 140820Z 31008KT 2000 TSRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC080 30/29 Q0997 TEMPO TL1015 1500 TSRA=
SPECI VECC 140815Z 14005KT 2800 TSRA SCT015 FEW025CB OVC080 33/29 Q0996 NOSIG=
VECC 140750Z 14005KT 2800 Hz SCT018 FEW030CB BKN100 35/29 Q0997 NOSIG=
VECC 140720Z 14006KT 2800 Hz SCT018 FEW030CB BKN100 35/29 Q0998 NOSIG=
VECC 140650Z 23004KT 2800 Hz SCT018 FEW030CB SCT100 36/29 Q0998 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jul 14, 2015
Classification
Report
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
6E-347
Departure
Ranchi, India
Destination
Kolkata, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-IEO
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
Airport ICAO Code
VECC
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