Avianca A320 near Monteria on Sep 13th 2023, electrical problems
Last Update: October 9, 2023 / 15:32:46 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-8524
Departure
Bogota, Colombia
Destination
Barranquilla, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N740AV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
A replacement Airbus A320-200 registration N398AV reached Barranquilla with a delay of about 3:45 hours.
The occurrence aircraft is still on the ground in Monteria about 28 hours after landing.
The airline reported the aircraft diverted after the crew received an alert for the electrical system.
On Oct 9th 2023 Colombia's DIACC reported the aircraft sustained problems with both Generator 1 and Generator 2, Generator 2 was entirely down, the APU was started and the aircraft flew with Generator 1, APU and RAT until landing. The aircraft returned to service on Sep 21st 2023. The occurrence was rated a serious incident and is being investigated by Colombia's DIACC.
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Sep 13, 2023
Classification
Incident
Cause
Electrical problems
Airline
Avianca
Flight number
AV-8524
Departure
Bogota, Colombia
Destination
Barranquilla, Colombia
Aircraft Registration
N740AV
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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