Canada BCS3 at Boston on Aug 26th 2024, control handling event, direct mode activated

Last Update: September 10, 2024 / 19:21:45 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 26, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-766

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
Boston, United States

Aircraft Registration
C-GMYU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

An Air Canada Bombardier C-Series CS-300, registration C-GMYU performing flight AC-766 from Toronto,ON (Canada) to Boston,MA (USA) with 142 people on board, was on final approach to Boston's runway 04R when the flight crew experienced a sudden and unexpected handling anomaly, a "FLT CTRL DIRECT" EICAS message along other flight control related messages occurred. The crew performed a missed approach, switched to direct mode, declared PAN PAN and positioned for another approach to runway 04L about 33 minutes after the go around.

Canada's TSB reported: "On initial approach, the flight crew experienced a sudden and unexpected flight handling event followed by FLT CTRL DIRECT EICAS MSG along with other flight control messages. The flight crew conducted a missed approach and switched to direct mode. A PAN PAN was declared and flight continued the second approach without further incident."
Aircraft Registration Data
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Country of Registration
Canada
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ICAO Aircraft Type
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 26, 2024

Classification
Incident

Airline
Air Canada

Flight number
AC-766

Departure
Toronto, Canada

Destination
Boston, United States

Aircraft Registration
C-GMYU

Aircraft Type
Airbus A220-300

ICAO Type Designator
BCS3

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