Amelia AT42 at Aurillac on Nov 7th 2021, unsafe gear

Last Update: November 10, 2021 / 11:50:03 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 7, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Amelia

Flight number
AF-7604

Destination
Aurillac, France

Aircraft Registration
F-HLIA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

An Amelia Avions de Transport Regional ATR-42-500 on behalf of Air France, registration F-HLIA performing flight AF-7604 from Paris Orly to Aurillac (France), was on final approach to Aurillac's runway 15 descending through about 1500 feet AGL when the crew initiated a go around due to an unsafe left main gear indication. The aircraft climbed to FL120 and diverted to Toulouse for a safe landing on runway 32L about 50 minutes after the go around in Aurillac.

Passengers reported they diverted to Toulouse due to a problem with the left main gear and were instructed to brace for landing in Toulouse.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted due to fog in Aurillac.

Metars Aurillac:
LFLW 072300Z AUTO 30006KT 260V320 9999 OVC003 06/06 Q1022=
LFLW 072230Z AUTO 28003KT 250V330 6000 OVC003 06/06 Q1022=
LFLW 072200Z AUTO 30004KT 270V340 5000 BR OVC003 06/06 Q1022=
LFLW 072130Z AUTO 30004KT 270V330 4600 BR OVC002 06/06 Q1022=
LFLW 072100Z AUTO 30004KT 250V320 1100 1000 R15/1300D BR OVC002 06/06 Q1022=
LFLW 072030Z AUTO 29004KT 240V350 2500 -DZ BR OVC002 06/06 Q1022=
LFLW 072000Z AUTO 29004KT 260V330 3700 -DZ BR OVC002 06/06 Q1023=
LFLW 071930Z AUTO 30005KT 270V330 3500 BR OVC002 06/06 Q1023=
LFLW 071900Z AUTO 29004KT 240V320 3700 -DZ BR OVC002 06/06 Q1023=
LFLW 071830Z AUTO 30005KT 3200 -DZ BR OVC002 06/06 Q1023=
LFLW 071800Z AUTO 29005KT 260V320 4700 BR OVC002 06/06 Q1023=
LFLW 071730Z AUTO 28004KT 250V310 4700 BR OVC003 06/06 Q1023=
LFLW 071700Z AUTO 29003KT 250V320 3100 BR OVC002 07/06 Q1023 TEMPO 2000 -RADZ=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 7, 2021

Classification
Incident

Airline
Amelia

Flight number
AF-7604

Destination
Aurillac, France

Aircraft Registration
F-HLIA

Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-42

ICAO Type Designator
AT42

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