American A21N at Honolulu on Mar 19th 2021, flaps did not retract, crew reports flight control problem

Last Update: March 31, 2021 / 23:29:06 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 19, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-284

Departure
Honolulu, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N409AA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

An American Airlines Airbus A321-200N, registration N409AA performing flight AA-284 from Honolulu,HI to Los Angeles,CA (USA) with 199 people on board, was climbing out of Honolu's runway 08R when the crew reported a mechanical problem and requested to remain in the airspace. A conflict developed with a private aircraft at 5000 feet, the controller instructed the aircraft to turn left onto a heading of 080 (parallel to the private aircraft), the crew replied "Listen, we turn south, west!" and advised they had flight control problems. ATC turned them onto a heading of 260, which resolved the conflict. The crew requested runway 08L for the return and advised they got the aircraft controllable at a reasonably normal speed, their flaps had not retracted, and landed safely on runway 08L about 20 minutes after departure.

A replacement A321-200N registration N418AN reached Los Angeles with a delay of about 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft returned to service the following morning about 18 hours after landing back.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Mar 19, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
American Airlines

Flight number
AA-284

Departure
Honolulu, United States

Destination
Los Angeles, United States

Aircraft Registration
N409AA

Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo

ICAO Type Designator
A21N

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