Indigo A20N at Lucknow on Jan 21st 2019, engine vibrations
Last Update: February 27, 2019 / 16:22:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine vibrations
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
4E-651
Departure
Lucknow, India
Destination
Jaipur, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ITQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
A replacement A320-200N, registration VT-ITM reached Jaipur with a delay of 3.5 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground about 10 hours after landing.
On Feb 27th 2019 the NTSB reported the #2 engine suffered an engine stall and vibrations when the aircraft climbed through FL120 out of Lucknow, an EGT overtemperature occurred. The engine was shut down and the aircraft returned to Lucknow. Damage to the low pressure turbine stage 3 blades was found.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Jan 21, 2019
Classification
Incident
Cause
Engine vibrations
Airline
Indigo Airlines
Flight number
4E-651
Departure
Lucknow, India
Destination
Jaipur, India
Aircraft Registration
VT-ITQ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
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