Air Canada A320 near Winnipeg on Feb 21st 2013, generator failure
Last Update: February 25, 2013 / 23:53:47 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 21, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-114
Departure
Edmonton, Canada
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FGYS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
The Canadian TSB reported the aircraft had been dispatched under minimum equipment list requirements with the left hand generator (engine CFM56) inoperative. After the APU generator shut down automatically the crew attempted to restore the APU generator however without success and diverted to Winnipeg. The generator control unit and the APU were replaced.
A replacement Airbus A320-200 reached Toronto with a delay of 3 hours.
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Feb 21, 2013
Classification
Incident
Cause
Generator failure
Airline
Air Canada
Flight number
AC-114
Departure
Edmonton, Canada
Destination
Toronto, Canada
Aircraft Registration
C-FGYS
Aircraft Type
Airbus A320
ICAO Type Designator
A320
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