Iberia A20N at Dusseldorf on Oct 24th 2022, hard landing
Last Update: January 18, 2023 / 19:35:05 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 24, 2022
Classification
Accident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Iberia
Flight number
IB-3140
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany
Aircraft Registration
EC-NDN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport ICAO Code
EDDL
A post flight inspection revealed the aircraft received substantial damage. The aircraft remained on the ground in Dusseldorf until Oct 29th, then positioned to Madrid and remained on the ground in Madrid until Nov 12th 2022 before returning to service.
The return flight IB-3141 was cancelled. The passengers for the return flight were rebooked onto flight IB-3133 and reached Madrid with a delay of about 9.5 hours.
Germany's BFU reported the aircraft dropped on short final and touched down hard. The aircraft went around and landed safely on the second approach. The BFU is investigating.
Metars:
EDDL 241150Z AUTO 21014KT 9999 SCT038 BKN047 17/12 Q1008 TEMPO 21015G25KT=
EDDL 241120Z AUTO 22016KT 9999 BKN037 BKN044 18/12 Q1008 TEMPO 21015G25KT=
EDDL 241050Z AUTO 21015KT 9999 SCT037 BKN046 17/11 Q1008 TEMPO 21015G25KT=
EDDL 241020Z AUTO 21014KT 9999 SCT038 BKN048 18/11 Q1008 TEMPO 21015G25KT=
EDDL 240950Z AUTO 22015KT 9999 BKN039 BKN047 18/12 Q1007 TEMPO 21020G30KT=
EDDL 240920Z AUTO 21018KT 9999 BKN039 OVC046 17/11 Q1007 TEMPO 21015G25KT=
EDDL 240850Z AUTO 20015KT 9999 OVC038 17/11 Q1007 BECMG 20015G25KT=
COR EDDL 240820Z AUTO 19013KT 9999 OVC041 17/11 Q1007 BECMG 20015G25KT=
EDDL 240750Z AUTO 18012KT 9999 BKN039 BKN046 16/11 Q1007 NOSIG=
EDDL 240720Z AUTO 17012KT 9999 BKN040 16/11 Q1006 NOSIG=
EDDL 240650Z AUTO 17013KT 9999 BKN042 16/11 Q1006 NOSIG=
EDDL 240620Z AUTO 17013KT 9999 FEW044 15/11 Q1006 NOSIG=
EDDL 240550Z AUTO 17013KT 9999 FEW045 15/11 Q1006 NOSIG=
EDDL 240520Z AUTO 17012KT 9999 SCT045 16/12 Q1006 NOSIG=
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Oct 24, 2022
Classification
Accident
Cause
Hard landing
Airline
Iberia
Flight number
IB-3140
Departure
Madrid, Spain
Destination
Dusseldorf, Germany
Aircraft Registration
EC-NDN
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N
ICAO Type Designator
A20N
Airport ICAO Code
EDDL
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