Azores A21N at Ponta Delgada on Feb 4th 2022, hard landing
Last Update: April 1, 2022 / 18:34:08 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 4, 2022
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Azores Airlines
Flight number
S4-280
Departure
Boston, United States
Destination
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TSI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Airport ICAO Code
LPPD
Portugal's GPIAA reported the hard landing and stated, they only recorded the occurrence but are not going to investigate (essentially rating the damage minor and the occurrence an incident).
The aircraft remained on the ground until Feb 17th 2022, then positioned to Lisbon (Portugal) and resumed service on Feb 24th 2022.
A similiar occurrence happened about 7.5 hours earlier, see Incident: Azores A21N at Ponta Delgada on Feb 4th 2022, hard landing.
Metars:
LPPD 040900Z 05012KT 9999 FEW020 15/09 Q1025 WS R12=
LPPD 040830Z 04013KT 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1025 WS R12=
LPPD 040800Z 04013KT 9999 FEW020 14/09 Q1025 WS R12=
LPPD 040730Z 04013KT 9999 FEW020 14/09 Q1024=
LPPD 040700Z 04012KT 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040630Z 04011KT 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040600Z 04011KT 010V070 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040530Z 05010KT 010V070 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040500Z 03014KT 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040430Z 03013KT 360V060 9999 FEW020 14/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040400Z 04009KT 010V070 9999 FEW020 15/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040330Z 04011KT 9999 FEW020 15/10 Q1024=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 4, 2022
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Azores Airlines
Flight number
S4-280
Departure
Boston, United States
Destination
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TSI
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Airport ICAO Code
LPPD
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