Azul A20N at Sao Paulo on Nov 15th 2023, hard touchdown

Last Update: November 16, 2023 / 10:18:07 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-4251

Departure
Recife, Brazil

Destination
Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-YRI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

Airport
Congonhas Airport, São Paulo

Airport ICAO Code
SBSP

An Azul Linhas Aereas Airbus A320-200N, registration PR-YRI performing flight AD-4251 from Recife,PE to Sao Paulo Congonhas,SP (Brazil), was in the flare to Congonhas' runway 35L when after passing the runway threshold the sinkrate increased causing the aircraft to touch down hard past the runway threshold but short of the runway aiming markers at 11:34L (15:34Z). The crew balked the landing and initiated a go around, positioned for another approach to runway 35L and landed without further incident about 16 minutes after the go around. There were no injuries.

The aircraft is still on the ground at Congonhas Airport about 20 hours after landing.

A passenger reported there was a very strong impact and loud noise, everybody screamed.

Metars:
SBSP 151700Z 31008KT 250V010 CAVOK 35/14 Q1012=
SBSP 151600Z 02006KT 290V080 CAVOK 33/17 Q1013=
SBSP 151500Z 02005KT 310V120 CAVOK 32/18 Q1014=
SBSP 151400Z 13006KT 090V190 CAVOK 30/19 Q1016=
SBSP 151300Z VRB04KT CAVOK 29/19 Q1016=
SBSP 151200Z 08006KT 040V140 CAVOK 27/20 Q1016=
SBSP 151100Z 12005KT 060V160 CAVOK 25/20 Q1016=
SBSP 151000Z 07007KT CAVOK 23/19 Q1016=
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Nov 15, 2023

Classification
Incident

Airline
Azul Linhas Aereas

Flight number
AD-4251

Departure
Recife, Brazil

Destination
Sao Paulo Congonhas, Brazil

Aircraft Registration
PR-YRI

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320-200N

ICAO Type Designator
A20N

Airport
Congonhas Airport, São Paulo

Airport ICAO Code
SBSP

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