Avianca A319 at Barranquilla on Aug 18th 2016, runway disappears on very short final

Last Update: August 19, 2016 / 23:10:31 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 18, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Avianca

Flight number
AV-9524

Aircraft Registration
N557AV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

An Avianca Airbus A319-100, registration N557AV performing flight AV-9524 from Bogota to Barranquilla (Colombia), was on final approach to Barranquilla's runway 05 below 400 feet AGL around midnight local time when the runway suddenly disappeared in front of the cockpit windows prompting the crew to initiate an immediate go around. While the aircraft climbed out the runway appeared again. The aircraft positioned for another approach and landed safely on runway 05 about 10 minutes later.

The airport reported a power glitch (overvoltage) occurred causing all airport electrical devices to drop offline until the emergency generator kicked in. The runway lights were down for about 10 seconds.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Aug 18, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Avianca

Flight number
AV-9524

Aircraft Registration
N557AV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A319

ICAO Type Designator
A319

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