LATAM Chile A321 at Puerto Montt on Mar 25th 2019, engine problem

Last Update: March 29, 2019 / 15:45:18 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
LATAM Airlines Chile

Flight number
LA-273

Departure
Puerto Montt, Chile

Destination
Balmaceda, Chile

Aircraft Registration
CC-BEC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

A LATAM Chile Airbus A321-200, registration CC-BEC performing flight LA-273 from Puerto Montt to Balmaceda (Chile) with 156 passengers and 8 crew, had aborted the approach to Balmaceda twice, held at Balmaceda for about one hour in between the approaches and was now returning to Puerto Montt at FL220 when the crew needed to reduce an engine (CFM56) to idle thrust about 60nm south of Puerto Montt. The aircraft continued to Puerto Montt for a safe landing about 2:25 hours after departure from Puerto Montt.

A replacement A321-200 registration CC-BEB reached Balmaceda with a delay of about 8.5 hours.

The airline reported a maintenance issue prompted the crew to return to Puerto Montt.

According to AIP Chile Balmaceda is surrounded by mountains and features a VOR approach to runway 09, there is also indication of a possible RNP approach (however, no chart was found). MDA for the VOR approach is 2560 feet MSL (838 feet AGL).

In AIP Supplement S1/2018 released on Jan 4th 2018 the CAA Chile declared the parallel taxiway to become runway 09L/27R and the main runway 09/27 to be closed. On Mar 29th 2019 the RNAV approaches to runways 09L and 27R could be found on AIP Chile's website well buried as Instrument Approach Procedure 10 and Instrument Approach Procedure 11 (see below). The MDA for the RNAV approach to runway 27R is 454 feet AGL, for runway 09L 544 feet AGL, both approaches require 2400 meters of horizontal visibility for the A321 (Cat. C aircraft).

Metars Balmaceda:
SCBA 251300Z VRB01KT 4000 BR FEW002 OVC003 02/01 Q1025=
SCBA 251200Z VRB01KT 6000 VCFG FEW003 SCT010 BKN070 M00/M02 Q1025=
SCBA 251100Z AUTO 12001KT 9999 BKN007 OVC008 M01/M02 Q1024=
SCBA 251000Z AUTO 00000KT 9999 SCT000 BKN002 M04/M05 Q1023=
SCBA 250900Z AUTO 00000KT 9999 VV000 M02/M03 Q1023=
SCBA 250800Z AUTO 08001KT CAVOK M01/M03 Q1023=
SCBA 250700Z AUTO 00000KT CAVOK M00/M01 Q1022=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 25, 2019

Classification
Incident

Cause
Engine problem

Airline
LATAM Airlines Chile

Flight number
LA-273

Departure
Puerto Montt, Chile

Destination
Balmaceda, Chile

Aircraft Registration
CC-BEC

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321

ICAO Type Designator
A321

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