American E190 enroute on Nov 24th 2017, autopilot and rnav failure

Last Update: November 29, 2017 / 23:13:17 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2093

Aircraft Registration
N952UW

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

An American Airlines Embraer ERJ-190, registration N952UW performing flight AA-2093 from Austin,TX to Philadelphia,PA (USA), was enroute at FL370 about 80nm southsouthwest of Nashville,TN (USA) when the autopilot and the RNAV equipment failed rendering the aircraft unable to maintain reduced vertical separation minima (RVSM). The aircraft descended out of RVSM airspace to FL270, switched to conventional navigation using VOR to VOR navigation and continued to Philadelphia for a safe landing about 100 minutes later.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service about 17 hours after landing.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 24, 2017

Classification
Incident

Flight number
AA-2093

Aircraft Registration
N952UW

Aircraft Type
Embraer ERJ-190

ICAO Type Designator
E190

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