Allegiant A320 near Syracuse on Dec 24th 2016, partial flight control failure, after landing advised lost all hydraulics

Last Update: December 29, 2016 / 20:53:42 GMT/Zulu time

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Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Allegiant Air

Flight number
G4-1711

Departure
Ogdensburg, United States

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N216NV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

An Allegiant Airbus A320-200, registration N216NV performing flight G4-1711 from Ogdensburg,NY to Fort Lauderdale,FL (USA) with 160 passengers and 6 crew, was climbing through FL330 out of Ogdensburg when the crew stopped the climb and diverted to Syracuse entering a hold at 10,000 feet. The crew reported they had a partial flight control failure. The crew checked runway conditions to perform their calculations for landing. About 10 minutes later the crew advised that they had completed their calculations, they needed to bring down the aircraft below maximum landing weight, which would take about an hour. After about 2 hours in the hold the aircraft commenced their ILS approach runway 28 and landed safely on runway 28 at a rather normal speed about 2:15 hours after departure. After coming to a stop on the runway the crew requested emergency services to check their aircraft in particular for leaks advising "we did lose all our hydraulics, please circle around to make sure nothing is on fire."

A replacement A320-200 registration N229NV positioned to Syracuse, departed Syracuse about 3 hours after landing of N216NV and reached Fort Lauderdale with a total delay of 5 hours.

The occurrence aircraft remained on the ground for about 71 hours, then positioned to Orlando Sanford,FL. The aircraft resumed service the following morning about 81 hours after landing in Syracuse.

The airline reported the aircraft diverted to Syracuse as a precaution following a mechanical issue.
Incident Facts

Date of incident
Dec 24, 2016

Classification
Incident

Airline
Allegiant Air

Flight number
G4-1711

Departure
Ogdensburg, United States

Destination
Fort Lauderdale, United States

Aircraft Registration
N216NV

Aircraft Type
Airbus A320

ICAO Type Designator
A320

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