Spirit A319 at Fort Lauderdale on Oct 25th 2012, stuck throttle

Last Update: October 26, 2012 / 11:01:46 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 25, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-946

Departure
Cartagena, Colombia

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N534NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

A Spirit Airlines Airbus A319-100, registration N534NK performing flight NK-946 from Cartagena (Colombia) to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 54 people on board, was on final approach to Fort Lauderdale's runway 09L when the crew went around, after checking in with departure declared emergency and requested vectors to keep them in the area while working checklists. In the view of weather conditions at Fort Lauderdale, tower reported winds from 060 degrees at 18 knots gusting 22 knots and windshear alert 20 knots loss at 3nm final, the crew checked weather at Miami International, West Palm Beach and Fort Myers Airports (all Florida). The crew subsequently decided to divert to West Palm Beach advising they were still working on the trouble and landed safely on West Palm Beach's runway 10L about 22 minutes after going around at Fort Lauderdale.

The FAA reported the throttle controlling the right hand engine became stuck.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Oct 25, 2012

Classification
Incident

Airline
Spirit Airlines

Flight number
NK-946

Departure
Cartagena, Colombia

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N534NK

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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