Avianca A320 at Pasto on Oct 28th 2020, runway strikes back
Last Update: October 30, 2020 / 08:36:32 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2020
Classification
Accident
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-8598
Departure
Pasto, Colombia
Destination
Bogota, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N284AV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The aircraft was taken out of service and is still on the ground in Bogota about 40 hours after landing.
According to NOTAMs the runway is closed daily between 19:00Z to 11:00Z starting Sep 9th 2020 and estimated until December 8th 2020, probably for runway repair works. At the time of the occurrence the runway was officially open according to the NOTAMs.
Local sources report the asphalt surface of runway 02/20 at Pasto is crumbling and detaching, the horizontal stabilizer was hit by detaching asphalt just as the aircraft rotated for departure.
The previous day another occurrence happened at Pasto, see Incident: Avianca A320 at Pasto on Oct 27th 2020, hard landing and go around.
Related NOTAM:
A1628/20 NOTAMN
Q) SKED/QMRLC/IV/NBO/A/000/999/0123N07717W010
A) SKPS B) 2009092230 C) 2012081100
D) DLY BTN 1900-2359 AND 0000-1100
E) RWY 02/20 CLSD
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 28, 2020
Classification
Accident
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-8598
Departure
Pasto, Colombia
Destination
Bogota, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N284AV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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