American A319 at Phoenix on Jan 17th 2018, wake turbulence blew Cessna 182 on departure over
Last Update: January 18, 2018 / 20:35:25 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 17, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-1709
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
San Jose, United States
Aircraft Registration
N819AW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
A Cessna 182 departed runway 07L as the next aircraft. The FAA reported however: "AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT 1709, A319 ON DEPARTURE CAUSED WAKE TURBULENCE AND BLEW OVER C172, PHOENIX AZ". There were no injuries.
Runway 07L needed to be closed because of the disabled Cessna on the runway.
Metars:
KPHX 171651Z 09014KT 10SM FEW250 15/M05 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP236 T01501050=
KPHX 171551Z 09010KT 10SM FEW250 13/M04 A3023 RMK AO2 SLP230 T01281044=
KPHX 171451Z 12006KT 10SM FEW250 11/M04 A3022 RMK AO2 SLP225 T01111039 53013=
KPHX 171351Z 11006KT 10SM FEW250 12/M04 A3020 RMK AO2 SLP220 T01171044=
KPHX 171251Z 13008KT 10SM FEW250 12/M04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP212 T01221044=
KPHX 171151Z 14006KT 10SM SCT200 12/M04 A3018 RMK AO2 SLP210 T01221039 10150 20122 53002=
KPHX 171051Z 11007KT 10SM SCT200 13/M04 A3017 RMK AO2 SLP208 T01281039=
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 17, 2018
Classification
Accident
Airline
American Airlines
Flight number
AA-1709
Departure
Phoenix, United States
Destination
San Jose, United States
Aircraft Registration
N819AW
Aircraft Type
Airbus A319
ICAO Type Designator
A319
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