Azores A21N at Ponta Delgada on Feb 4th 2022, hard landing
Last Update: April 1, 2022 / 18:33:19 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 4, 2022
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Azores Airlines
Flight number
S4-175
Departure
Porto, Portugal
Destination
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TSJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Airport ICAO Code
LPPD
Portugal's GPIAA reported the hard landing but stated, they only recorded the event and are not going to investigate (essentially rating the damage minor and the occurrence an incident).
The aircraft remained on the ground for about 17 hours, then returned to service.
A similiar occurrence happened about 7.5 hours later, see Incident: Azores A21N at Ponta Delgada on Feb 4th 2022, hard landing.
Metars:
LPPD 040200Z 06012KT 9999 FEW020 15/10 Q1024=
LPPD 040130Z 05011KT 020V090 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1024=
LPPD 040100Z 05014KT 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1024=
LPPD 040030Z 06015KT 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1024=
LPPD 040000Z 05014KT 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1024=
LPPD 032330Z 06013KT 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1023=
LPPD 032300Z 05015KT 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1024=
LPPD 032230Z 05015G25KT 020V080 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1024=
LPPD 032200Z 05015G25KT 9999 FEW020 15/11 Q1023=
LPPD 032130Z 03017G27KT 360V060 9999 FEW018 15/11 Q1023=
LPPD 032100Z 03015KT 360V060 9999 FEW020 16/11 Q1023=
LPPD 032030Z 03018G29KT 9999 FEW020 16/11 Q1022=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 4, 2022
Classification
Incident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Azores Airlines
Flight number
S4-175
Departure
Porto, Portugal
Destination
Ponta Delgada, Portugal
Aircraft Registration
CS-TSJ
Aircraft Type
Airbus A321-Neo
ICAO Type Designator
A21N
Airport ICAO Code
LPPD
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