Allegiant A320 at Appleton on Dec 28th 2015, de-icing system failure

Last Update: December 29, 2015 / 20:33:21 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Allegiant Air

Flight number
G4-778

Departure
Orlando Sanford, United States

Destination
Appleton, United States

Aircraft Registration
N227NV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Allegiant Airbus A320-200, registration N227NV performing flight G4-778 from Orlando Sanford,FL to Appleton,WI (USA) with 148 people on board, was descending towards Appleton,WI when the crew stopped the descent at about 15000 feet reporting a problem with an de-icing system, climbed back to FL340 and decided to divert to Fargo,ND (USA), about 390nm westnorthwest of Appleton and outside a weather system covering the area around Appleton. The aircraft landed safely in Fargo about 70 minutes later.

Metars Appleton:
KATW 290455Z AUTO 02020G29KT 1/2SM SN OVC004 M02/M02 A2967 RMK AO2
KATW 290445Z 02021G30KT 1/4SM R03/2600FT +SNBLSN VV003 M03/M03 A2967 RMK LAST
KATW 290435Z AUTO 02021G29KT 1/2SM +SN OVC004 M02/M02 A2967 RMK AO2
KATW 290415Z AUTO 02020G35KT 1/4SM +SN OVC004 M02/M02 A2967 RMK AO2
KATW 290345Z 03025G31KT 1/4SM R03/2200FT +SNBLSN VV003 M03/M03 A2969
KATW 290245Z 03028G36KT 1/4SM R03/2600FT +SNBLSN VV003 M03/M03 A2970
KATW 290145Z 03027G37KT 1/4SM R03/2600FT +SNBLSN VV003 M03/M03 A2972
KATW 290045Z 03021G31KT 1/2SM R03/4500FT SNBLSN VV003 M04/M04 A2979
KATW 282345Z 30317G31KT 1/2SM R03/4500FT SNBLSN VV003 M04/M05 A2986
KATW 282245Z 03018G28KT 3/4SM R03/5500FT -SNBLSN 0VC005 M04/M05 A2990
KATW 282145Z 04018G30KT 1/2SM R03/4000FT SNBLSN VV006 M04/M06 A2998

Metars Fargo:
KFAR 290453Z 36012KT 10SM OVC019 M08/M12 A3006 RMK AO2 SLP200 T10831117
KFAR 290353Z 36011KT 10SM OVC019 M08/M12 A3007 RMK AO2 SLP201 T10831117
KFAR 290253Z 36009KT 10SM OVC019 M08/M12 A3008 RMK AO2 SLP207 T10831117 58014
KFAR 290221Z 02008KT 10SM BKN020 M08/M12 A3009 RMK AO2 T10831122
KFAR 290153Z 02009KT 10SM CLR M08/M13 A3009 RMK AO2 SLP212 T10831128
KFAR 290053Z 02008KT 10SM CLR M08/M12 A3011 RMK AO2 SLP220 T10831122
KFAR 282353Z 04004KT 10SM CLR M09/M13 A3012 RMK AO2 SLP223 T10891128 11072 21094 56014
KFAR 282253Z 05004KT 10SM CLR M09/M13 A3013 RMK AO2 SLP226 T10891128
KFAR 282153Z 09006KT 10SM CLR M08/M12 A3014 RMK AO2 SLP229 T10781122
Aircraft Registration Data
Registration mark
N227NV
Country of Registration
United States
Date of Registration
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TCDS Ident. No.
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Manufacturer
AIRBUS INDUSTRIE
Aircraft Model / Type
A320-214
Number of Seats
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ICAO Aircraft Type
A320
Year of Manufacture
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Serial Number
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Aircraft Address / Mode S Code (HEX)
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Engine Count
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Engine Manufacturer
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Engine Model
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Pounds of Thrust
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Main Owner
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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 28, 2015

Classification
Incident

Airline
Allegiant Air

Flight number
G4-778

Departure
Orlando Sanford, United States

Destination
Appleton, United States

Aircraft Registration
N227NV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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