Stobart AT72 at Manchester on Mar 11th 2015, failure of landing light
Last Update: March 12, 2015 / 21:47:24 GMT/Zulu time
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 11, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Stobart Air
Flight number
EI-3728
Departure
Cork, Ireland
Destination
Manchester, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
EI-FAW
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
The aircraft was able to position out of Birmingham about 2 hours after landing in Birmingham.
A passenger reported the crew announced the landing lights had failed and they could not land in Manchester due to low lying haze. They diverted to Birmingham because the weather conditions there were better.
Metars Manchester:
EGCC 112150Z 08004KT 0350 R23R/0700 FG NSC 03/03 Q1027 NOSIG
EGCC 112120Z 06002KT 0300 R23R/0275 FG NSC 04/04 Q1027 TEMPO 0350
EGCC 112050Z VRB02KT 0300 R23R/0225 FG NSC 06/06 Q1027 TEMPO 0350
EGCC 112020Z 12003KT 0250 R23R/0225 FG NSC 06/06 Q1027 TEMPO 0350
EGCC 111950Z VRB02KT 3000 BR FEW044 07/07 Q1026 NOSIG
EGCC 111920Z 17002KT 2200 BR FEW046 07/07 Q1026 REDZ NOSIG
EGCC 111850Z AUTO VRB03KT 2300 BR FEW011 08/08 Q1026 NOSIG
EGCC 111820Z 28006KT 230V320 5000 HZ FEW008 BKN012 BKN017 09/08 Q1025 BECMG SCT012
EGCC 111750Z 22008KT 5000 -RA FEW007 BKN016 BKN021 09/09 Q1025 NOSIG
EGCC 111720Z 21008KT 180V300 5000 HZ FEW011 BKN016 BKN022 09/08 Q1024 REDZ NOSIG
EGCC 111650Z 21009KT 3400 DZ BKN012 BKN016 10/08 Q1024 BECMG 6000 NSW SCT012
EGCC 111620Z 20010KT 6000 -RA SCT015 BKN020 10/08 Q1023 TEMPO BKN014
Metars Birmingham:
EGBB 112150Z 14004KT 1800 BR OVC008 09/08 Q1027
EGBB 112120Z 15002KT 2800 -RADZ OVC008 09/08 Q1027
EGBB 112050Z 14004KT 3300 -RADZ OVC010 09/08 Q1027
EGBB 112020Z 15004KT 110V180 4100 HZ BKN012 OVC022 10/07 Q1026
EGBB 111950Z VRB03KT 5000 HZ SCT024 OVC029 10/07 Q1026
EGBB 111920Z 19006KT 150V220 5000 HZ BKN027 10/07 Q1026
EGBB 111850Z 20006KT 6000 BKN030 10/07 Q1026
EGBB 111820Z 19007KT 160V230 6000 BKN014 OVC022 11/07 Q1026
EGBB 111750Z 20006KT 170V240 7000 BKN016 11/07 Q1025
EGBB 111720Z 19007KT 150V240 7000 BKN017 BKN032 11/07 Q1025
EGBB 111650Z 18008KT 6000 BKN018 BKN037 11/07 Q1025
EGBB 111620Z 19009KT 160V230 9000 BKN022 BKN037 11/07 Q1024
Aircraft Registration Data
Incident Facts
Date of incident
Mar 11, 2015
Classification
Incident
Airline
Stobart Air
Flight number
EI-3728
Departure
Cork, Ireland
Destination
Manchester, United Kingdom
Aircraft Registration
EI-FAW
Aircraft Type
ATR ATR-72-200
ICAO Type Designator
AT72
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